Date: Sat, 06 Aug 2011 17:05:25 +0100 From: Vincent Hoffman <vince@unsane.co.uk> To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 9.0-BETA1 installer issues Message-ID: <4E3D6645.3010109@unsane.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <4E3D5436.4020800@freebsd.org> References: <4E37C634.6090002@cran.org.uk> <4E37FD41.4070601@freebsd.org> <20110803182834.GC1973@emphyrio.blackend.org> <20110803190322.GD1973@emphyrio.blackend.org> <20110805155806.GE22122@e-new.0x20.net> <4E3D5436.4020800@freebsd.org>
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On 06/08/2011 15:48, Nathan Whitehorn wrote: > On 08/05/11 10:58, Lars Engels wrote: >> On Wed, Aug 03, 2011 at 09:03:22PM +0200, Marc Fonvieille wrote: >>> On Wed, Aug 03, 2011 at 08:28:34PM +0200, Marc Fonvieille wrote: >>>> On Tue, Aug 02, 2011 at 08:36:01AM -0500, Nathan Whitehorn wrote: >>>>> On 08/02/11 04:41, Bruce Cran wrote: >>>>>> I've been trying out 9.0-BETA1: it's a lot easier to install than >>>>>> previous releases with bsdinstall, but I spotted a few issues: >>>>> Good! Thanks for checking. >>>>> >>>>>> Typo - "Resovler Configuration". >>>>>> If I leave the resolver window for a while it gets corrupted with: >>>>>> >>>>>> Aug 2 10:31:23 dhclient[973]: Bogus domain search list 15: lan, >>>>>> ..... >>>>> Interesting. It looks like DHCP doesn't like your local setup... >>>>> >>>>>> In the documentation installation screen, it should say "At a >>>>>> minimum..." - the 'a' is missing. Also, there should perhaps be a >>>>>> semi-colon between "English version" and "this is the original". >>>>>> The >>>>>> menu also doesn't appear to do anything once you select "OK". >>>>> The spelling fixes are easy to fix. The documentation issue is more >>>>> confusing. It should begin running pkg_add, after you press OK, >>>>> assuming >>>>> you selected something. Do you have the installer log handy? It >>>>> will be >>>>> in /tmp. >>>>> >>>> [...] >>>> >>>> Hmm I think it's "default" PACKAGESITE env variable pointing on >>>> non-existing >>>> ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/<arch>/packages-9-beta1/Latest/ >>>> >>>> >>> I'm wrong, I did an install and same behavior as Bruce. >>> I looked in /tmp/bsdinstall_log: >>> >>> Running installation step: docsintall >>> pkg_add: unable to fetch >>> 'ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/amd64/packages-9-current/Latest/en-freebsd-doc.tbz' >>> by URL >> ^^^^^^ >> I haven't looked at bsdinstall lately, but IIRC there's no dialog that >> offers a mirror selection? It would be nice to select a nearby server. > > For the regular distfiles (base, kernel, etc.) you can pick a mirror, > but installing packages (e.g. documentation) relies on the behavior of > pkg_add -r. > -Nathan So it should be doable by using the PACKAGEROOT env variable? > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-current-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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