From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Feb 11 19:10:12 2010 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 ADCC0106566B for ; Thu, 11 Feb 2010 19:10:12 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from j65nko@gmail.com) Received: from mail-bw0-f211.google.com (mail-bw0-f211.google.com [209.85.218.211]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3FDB38FC08 for ; Thu, 11 Feb 2010 19:10:11 +0000 (UTC) Received: by bwz3 with SMTP id 3so1321561bwz.13 for ; Thu, 11 Feb 2010 11:10:11 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=5NBtttJ3UHyuI7dO5IPfCm9btyAHMdh9cAYmp6UHdYU=; b=RJDFW4La+PQ3m32KVkBUG+Ou8t6DCZ6qdRZsad4WRYLdqhFvtIJ8sa5yo7c3aNzyQP NxWyY4U0DAlYRRjD7z2OSveAq5nNBf2kaQQKB0YmsKryoAKxoXVpKcUIqxTpAX7XuDTm UDsjk+vWh/3awBU9FrySMCzyi+GdBIW+kBGaM= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=KYXb96xAfIvVgDO/LnZSzZdM/BRmuTzx9/QSoyvnA2jTvYuPd2BQSxFGJDQf3w2uP6 r6MO0EuVaLFqHbrF0UaFmvmwrW/c0Ny8SnLBsXLY7qGW17BHrIjGdNYhu0O+DxD4YmD0 kXIVOfMHV/EDypG3iXeLm74Ij7sLYmGOV+kDw= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.204.144.86 with SMTP id y22mr189769bku.43.1265915411098; Thu, 11 Feb 2010 11:10:11 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <201002110244.o1B2iLuH002659@dc.cis.okstate.edu> References: <201002110244.o1B2iLuH002659@dc.cis.okstate.edu> Date: Thu, 11 Feb 2010 20:10:10 +0100 Message-ID: <19861fba1002111110i2d3313cfl1bff10dd907b2a4b@mail.gmail.com> From: J65nko To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Subject: Re: sysinstall and mfs Great News and another Question X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 11 Feb 2010 19:10:12 -0000 On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 3:44 AM, Martin McCormick 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" >