Date: Sat, 23 Mar 2013 16:10:03 GMT From: Rick Miller <vmiller@hostileadmin.com> To: freebsd-sysinstall@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: amd64/177309: sysinstall 'All' distribution selection attempts to install DEBUG kernel Message-ID: <201303231610.r2NGA3O3080778@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR bin/177309; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Rick Miller <vmiller@hostileadmin.com> To: Scot Hetzel <swhetzel@gmail.com>, freebsd-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Cc: Subject: Re: amd64/177309: sysinstall 'All' distribution selection attempts to install DEBUG kernel Date: Sat, 23 Mar 2013 12:00:49 -0400 Correct. I was the one who discovered this and Devin Teske asked me to open a PR for it. On 3/23/13, Scot Hetzel <swhetzel@gmail.com> wrote: > On Sat, Mar 23, 2013 at 6:41 AM, Rick Miller <vmiller@hostileadmin.com> > wrote: >> I copied the 8.4-BETA1 directory from the dvd1 ISO and it's contents to a >> web server in DocumentRoot at pub/FreeBSD/releases/amd64/. Booted a VM to >> the ISO and selected HTTP Direct for the media type and entered the URL >> without a URI. >> >> Selecting "All" as to which distributions to install, sysinstall proceeds >> until it opens a dialog stating "Unable to transfer the DEBUG distribution >> from http://$URL. Do you want to try to retrieve it again?". I chose "No" >> and it continue. >> >> As for the DEBUG distribution, I previously asked for sysinstall to have >> the ability to install a 2nd kernel (Do you remember, Devin?), which we >> call DEBUG internally. Naturally, unless someone generates it, the DEBUG >> distribution will not exist in FreeBSD media generated outside of my >> company. > > This is a known issue that was mentioned in the announcement for the > testing of 8.4-BETA1: > > On Fri, Mar 22, 2013 at 7:17 PM, Glen Barber <gjb@freebsd.org> wrote: >> The following known issues are present in 8.4-BETA1 > : >> >> 2) Selecting 'All' on the 'Choose Distributions' screen attempts to >> install a DEBUG kernel which is not present in the image so the >> installation will fail. Just select one of the other distributions >> ("Developer", "Kern-Developer", "User", etc). >> > > > -- > DISCLAIMER: > > No electrons were maimed while sending this message. Only slightly bruised. > -- Sent from my mobile device Take care Rick Miller
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