Date: Thu, 11 Feb 2010 20:10:10 +0100 From: J65nko <j65nko@gmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: sysinstall and mfs Great News and another Question Message-ID: <19861fba1002111110i2d3313cfl1bff10dd907b2a4b@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <201002110244.o1B2iLuH002659@dc.cis.okstate.edu> References: <201002110244.o1B2iLuH002659@dc.cis.okstate.edu>
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On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 3:44 AM, Martin McCormick <martin@dc.cis.okstate.edu> wrote: > J65nko writes: >> IMHO it is easier to to install FreeBSD without using sysinstall at all. >> >> See the "FreeBSD Install Without Sysinstall" guide at >> http://www.daemonforums.org/showthread.php?t=3D1538 > > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0This looks very possible with a couple of changes. Am I > right in my reading of the man page of mdconfig that the memory > disk image will gobble up at least as much RAM as the image, > itself? In this case, that's about 600 times more than I have > available. mfsbsd seems as solid as a rock as long as you don't > do something that needs lots of buffer space as there is only > about a megabyte or two left over. tar works fine and I can copy > either an iso image or a tar ball made from the file system over > to the newly-formatted drive where it can be unpacked. =A0It may > be necessary to run chroot /mnt so as not to munch mfs when > running the install.sh scripts but I think this should install > the system. > > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0I really have given up on sysinstall for this purpose. > It is hard to script and it appears that if you use the custom > installation, you almost get a system but the effort is hardly > worth it. One still has to install the kernel and many of the > configuration files like /etc/rc.conf. I don't know why but > another artickel I read on remote installation of FreeBSD that > uses sysinstall describes this so I know it isn't just me doing > something stupid. I feel kind of stupid spending almost 3 weeks > finding out what doesn't work. > > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0When using mfsbsd, one already has enough information in > the interface configuration and resolv.conf to populate /etc/rc.conf, > /etc/hosts and /etc/resolv.conf to match the present network > configuration. The local time zone is a copy of one of the rule > sets for computing time placed as /etc/localtime. In the middle > of the United States, it is /usr/share/zoneinfo/America/Chicago > copied, not linked, to /etc/localtime. > > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0The goal is to run the script I will build under mfsbsd > and then boot the system in working order as if it had been > installed via sysinstall by someone sitting at a console. > > Martin McCormick WB5AGZ =A0Stillwater, OK > Systems Engineer > OSU Information Technology Department Telecommunications Services Group > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.o= rg" >
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