Date: Sat, 28 May 2005 18:40:05 -0700 From: Steve Rikli <sr@genyosha.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: 5.4 NFS install broken? Message-ID: <20050529014005.GA11940@dragon.genyosha.net>
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How does one create the NFS installation directory for FreeBSD-5.4 ? I.e. is it supposed to be as simple as dumping the entire contents of CD#1 & CD#2 into a directory on an NFS server, and pointing 'sysinstall' to it? I've been doing 4.x & 5.x NFS installs successfully with an NFS server's repositories setup in that manner, but with FreeBSD-5.4 , 'sysinstall' prompted for the next "disc", and I had no apparent way of selecting a different media or different source. I'm thinking I must not be getting (parts of?) CD#2 into the right place, and/or need to update a table-of-contents file, or something equally simple. If there's a different/better way (e.g. not using CDs at all) to build a FreeBSD-5.4 repository suitable for NFS installation purposes, advice on that would also be welcome. The Handbook chapter on installations is pretty good, but it sort of glosses over the details in the Advanced Installation (2.13.6.1) section, and I suspect it might not be quite as simple for 5.4 . Thanks, sr. -- || Steve Rikli ||| My group's mission statement - || || Systems Administrator ||| "You want *what*? By *WHEN*?" || || ||| - Simon Burr, || || sr@genyosha.net ||| in alt.sysadmin.recovery ||
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