From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Oct 15 22:09:33 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B403610656A0 for ; Wed, 15 Oct 2008 22:09:33 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lists@rhavenn.net) Received: from smtp114.sat.emailsrvr.com (smtp114.sat.emailsrvr.com [66.216.121.114]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 920758FC13 for ; Wed, 15 Oct 2008 22:09:33 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lists@rhavenn.net) Received: from relay1.relay.sat.mlsrvr.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by relay1.relay.sat.mlsrvr.com (SMTP Server) with ESMTP id 8F90D260EF1; Wed, 15 Oct 2008 18:09:32 -0400 (EDT) Received: by relay1.relay.sat.mlsrvr.com (Authenticated sender: rhavenn-AT-rhavenn.net) with ESMTP id 959C4261017; Wed, 15 Oct 2008 18:08:05 -0400 (EDT) From: Henrik Hudson To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2008 14:07:56 -0800 User-Agent: KMail/1.10.1 (FreeBSD/7.1-PRERELEASE; KDE/4.1.1; i386; ; ) References: In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200810151407.57113.lists@rhavenn.net> Cc: "Davenport, Steve M" Subject: Re: new install sunfire v100 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: lists@rhavenn.net List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2008 22:09:33 -0000 On Wednesday 15 October 2008, "Davenport, Steve M" sent a missive stating: > I'm installing 7.0-RELEASE on a Sun Sunfire v100 server. I was able to > boot the cd, and install through cd one. There is no framebuffer on the > v100 (vt100 serial console interface only) so the install would not > proceed past the first disk. I want to use this system as a nameserver > and was able to download Bind 9.3.5-P2, compile, and run. My questions > are: > > 1) Can I manually complete the install process for items on CDs 2&3? You only need CD1 for a basic server. Bind is part of the base system, so you don't need to download it. You can remove it (see src.conf and build world) and use the ports system to install Bind from ports. Henrik -- Henrik Hudson lists@rhavenn.net ------------------------------ "God, root, what is difference?" Pitr; UF (http://www.userfriendly.org/)