Date: Fri, 29 Jul 2005 08:45:47 -0400 From: "Michael W. Lucas" <mwlucas@blackhelicopters.org> To: Andrew Turner <andrew@fubar.geek.nz> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: BSD Installer release 1 Message-ID: <20050729124546.GA97232@bewilderbeast.blackhelicopters.org> In-Reply-To: <42E972D2.3040405@fubar.geek.nz> References: <42E972D2.3040405@fubar.geek.nz>
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Awesome, thank you! I'll get one of my minions to try it out. Will this work for 6.0, or is it -current only? ==ml On Fri, Jul 29, 2005 at 12:05:38PM +1200, Andrew Turner wrote: > Announcing the first test release of a BSDInstaller-ified Install ISO > for FreeBSD. > > I am pleased to announce the first beta release of BSD Installer powered > FreeBSD Install CD's. It is both for wider testing and feedback on to > gauge the progress I've been making for the Google Summer of Code. This > is based on RELENG_6 and unfortunately only for i386. > > It is available from > ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/SOC2005/bsdinstaller/ and should be on > mirrors soon. > > If you find any bugs not already listed in the Known Bugs section of > this email or in http://wikitest.freebsd.org/moin.cgi/BSDInstaller > please email me at soc-andrew@freebsd.org to help fix the bugs. > > Details: > > There are three virtual consoles running: > * ttyv0: The frontend > * ttyv1: The backend > * ttyv2: A standard login screen to login as root with no password. > > To see the installation log change to console ttyv1. It is also written > to /var/log/install.log on the installed disk. > > Minimum Memory: > * 64M > > Known Bugs: > > * Can only install to one drive, can't have / on ad0 and /usr on ad1 > * Cannot install source > * Cannot install ports tree > * Cannot install packages > * The "Display system startup messages" window dosen't display anything > * Sendmail complains about not being able to change dir to > /var/spool/clientmqueue > Workaround: run "chown smmsp /var/spool/clientmqueue" > * "Exit to Live CD" dosn't work > Workaround: change to ttyv2, login as root no password > * dhclient fails as /var/db is missing as well as other errors. > > Testing > > * There has only been minimal testing of the "Configure an Installed > System" menu. Most of the options should work. > * The "Install extra software packages" option dosn't work > * I havn't looked at "Setup NetBoot Install Services" menu, I have no > idea if it will work or not > > > _______________________________________________ > 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" -- Michael W. Lucas mwlucas@FreeBSD.org, mwlucas@BlackHelicopters.org http://www.BlackHelicopters.org/~mwlucas/ "The cloak of anonymity protects me from the nuisance of caring." -Non Sequitur
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