From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Feb 11 22:35:57 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0361416A420 for ; Sat, 11 Feb 2006 22:35:57 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no) Received: from osl1smout1.broadpark.no (osl1smout1.broadpark.no [80.202.4.58]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8B3BA43D48 for ; Sat, 11 Feb 2006 22:35:56 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no) Received: from osl1sminn1.broadpark.no ([80.202.4.59]) by osl1smout1.broadpark.no (Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.1 HotFix 0.05 (built Oct 21 2004)) with ESMTP id <0IUJ001N8O3V11A0@osl1smout1.broadpark.no> for freebsd-stable@freebsd.org; Sat, 11 Feb 2006 23:35:55 +0100 (CET) Received: from kg-work.kg4.no ([80.202.174.136]) by osl1sminn1.broadpark.no (Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.1 HotFix 0.05 (built Oct 21 2004)) with SMTP id <0IUJ00BGXO3VAS10@osl1sminn1.broadpark.no> for freebsd-stable@freebsd.org; Sat, 11 Feb 2006 23:35:55 +0100 (CET) Date: Sat, 11 Feb 2006 23:35:57 +0100 From: Torfinn Ingolfsen X-Face: "t9w2,-X@O^I`jVW\sonI3.,36KBLZE*AL[y9lL[PyFD*r_S:dIL9c[8Y>V42R0"!"yb_zN,f#%.[PYYNq; m"_0v; ~rUM2Yy!zmkh)3&U|u!=T(zyv,MHJv"nDH>OJ`t(@mil461d_B'Uo|'nMwlKe0Mv=kvV?Nh@>Hb<3s_z2jYgZhPb@?Wi^x1a~Hplz1.zH To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Message-id: <20060211233557.22237ccc.torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> MIME-version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 1.0.6 (GTK+ 1.2.10; i386-portbld-freebsd5.4) Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Subject: install FreeBSS 6 from an existing filesystem? X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 11 Feb 2006 22:35:57 -0000 Hmm, I think I am missing something here. Trying to install FreeBSD 6.0 (yeah, release, but will upgrade to -stable once I get it installed) on this old laptop (HP OmniBook 5500CT), which has no CD-ROM drive, and no usb. On top of that, the floppies of 6.0-RELEASE don't detect the PC cards properly, so my network card doesn't work. The laptop has a FreeBSD-4.11 install on slice 1 of the disk, and the other half is free for my 6.0 installation. No spare place for a msdos partition. Fine, I'll try to install from an existing filesystem then. In 4.11, I download the distributions to a directory on /usr (/usr/fbsd6), which is the /dev/ad0s1g partition. After that I boot the 6.0 installation floppies, and try to install. When I get to the "select media" stage, I select "install from an existing filesystem" (or something like that), but it only asks me for a path. Do I have to mount my filesystem manually first? Isn't that a bit user unfriendly at this stage? -- Yours, Torfinn Ingolfsen, Norway