Date: Wed, 3 Mar 1999 09:34:56 -0800 (PST) From: Dan Busarow <dan@dpcsys.com> To: Dan Mayne <DMayne@cortelcosystems.com> Cc: "'questions@freebsd.org'" <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Custom Install Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.990303092941.242C-100000@java.dpcsys.com> In-Reply-To: <F5EE2D159F76D2119CE300600890A4D40790E4@EXMEM1>
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On Wed, 3 Mar 1999, Dan Mayne wrote: > I tried to do a custom install where I installed everything but the OS > source. > The install was done on with all the default partitioning selected. > FreeBSD was the only OS on the disk. > > Everything looked good until the end, but when I rebooted, I found that > there was no kernel written to the disk. > > I tried this 3 mroe times (selecting different components each time) with > the same results. > > If I install using one of the predefined install sets (User, Developer, > X-Developer, etc.) the install works fine and the kernel gets written to the > disk. > > Is this a problem, am I doing something wrong, or is the Custom install > option only for adding components to an existing installation? You're doing something wrong. :) What that something is I have no idea. I always use Custom and haven't had any install problems. If you just want to get going, Kernel Developer followed by a post install X installation would be close to what *I* do with Custom installs. Dan -- Dan Busarow 949 443 4172 Dana Point Communications, Inc. dan@dpcsys.com Dana Point, California 83 09 EF 59 E0 11 89 B4 8D 09 DB FD E1 DD 0C 82 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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