Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2003 22:11:00 +0200 (CEST) From: olivas@digiflux.org To: "Eno Thereska" <eno@andrew.cmu.edu> Cc: freebsd-config@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD 5.x sysinstall Message-ID: <3343.10.0.0.56.1064520660.squirrel@digiflux.org> In-Reply-To: <3F72500B.7090203@andrew.cmu.edu> References: <3F72500B.7090203@andrew.cmu.edu>
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> Hi, > > I am currently upgrading from FreeBSD 4.8 to FreeBSD 5.x. > The reason is that I would like to try some of the > new features provided in 5.x, particulartly snapshots. > > I have a "kickstart" floppy that has served me well for > BSD4.4 and 4.8. It has a kernel configured following > the PICOBSD instructions. It automatically connects to an NFS > server where the distributions are and installs > them on the machine automatically (from an install.cfg > file I provide at a well-known location). > > In FreeBSD 5.0 things aren't working. First of all, > instead of the bin directory there is a base directory > that is somehow confusing the original sysinstall. > Secondly, the PICOBSD code doesn't compile on > BSD5.0 and I haven't seen new source files. > Eno, When I made WarBSD, I used the FreeBSD 5.0 sources and had to make some modifications to the PicoBSD scripts. They will work just fine for your purposes. You can find these mods here: http://digiflux.org/warbsd/warbsd/picobsd.patch http://digiflux.org/warbsd/warbsd/picobsd.patch2 http://digiflux.org/warbsd/warbsd/picobsd.patch3 http://digiflux.org/warbsd/warbsd/picobsd.patch4 This should help with one of your problems. -Stacy
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