Date: Sat, 12 Apr 2003 16:37:36 +0100 From: Jez Hancock <jez.hancock@munk.nu> To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Serial line fbsd installation with no CD Message-ID: <20030412153736.GA53356@users.munk.nu> In-Reply-To: <20030412141313.GB58220@wjv.com> References: <20030412141313.GB58220@wjv.com>
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Hi Bill, On Sat, Apr 12, 2003 at 10:13:13AM -0400, Bill Vermillion wrote: > Subject: Re: Serial line fbsd installation with no CD > > Earlier in the linear time track, approximately Sat, Apr 12, 2003 at 14:38 , > &Jez Hancockdivulged this public information: > > > > I have two colocated servers in the US and I'm in the UK. > > I need to install FreeBSD 4.8 from scratch across a serial > > connection that exists between the two servers. The current OS > > are FreeBSD 4.6.2 and as such I am unable to adequately make > > world to the latest STABLE release. > > > Further I do not have the option of installing from a CDROM > > installed on the server. Has anyone been in a similar situation > > and if so how did you resolve the problem? > > What is ther problem with the makeworld you are having? The problem was with ipfw2 and in general it's just the fact this is currently not a production server and we'd rather have a fresh install of 4.8 (the NOC currently installs 4.6.2 for some reason and it might become the case that they'll start installing 4.8 by default when they answer us - negating the need for a solution to the subject question:). > And are you really performing 'make world' and not 'make > buildworld' ? I followed /usr/src/Makefile: # 1. `cd /usr/src' (or to the directory containing your source tree). # 2. `make buildworld' # 3. `make buildkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE' (default is GENERIC). # 4. `make installkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE' (default is GENERIC). # 5. `reboot' (in single user mode: boot -s from the loader prompt). # 6. `mergemaster -p' # 7. `make installworld' # 8. `mergemaster' # 9. `reboot' with the exception of using 'make update' in between steps 1 and 2. /etc/make.conf setup as: SUP_UPDATE= yes SUP= /usr/local/bin/cvsup SUPFLAGS= -g -L 2 SUPHOST= cvsup.uk.FreeBSD.org SUPFILE= /etc/supfile-src-stable PORTSSUPFILE= /etc/supfile-ports-all DOCSUPFILE= /etc/supfile-doc-all SENDMAIL_CFLAGS+=-I/usr/local/include/sasl1 -DSASL SENDMAIL_LDFLAGS+=-L/usr/local/lib SENDMAIL_LDADD+=-lsasl SENDMAIL_MC=/etc/mail/munk.nu.mc IPFW2=TRUE /etc/supfile-src-stable setup as: *default host=cvsup.uk.FreeBSD.org *default base=/usr/local/etc/cvsup *default prefix=/usr *default release=cvs tag=RELENG_4 *default delete use-rel-suffix *default compress src-all > I have several colocated servers and I perform OS upgrades > via a cvsup of the sources. What are the problems with the > makeing the system. Sorry I should have mentioned one is production and one is dev (this is the one we're rebuilding and migrating to). > Since these are production servers I'd almost be > inclined to say to go with the 4.7 pathched release. > > I've not moved any to the 4.8 RELEASE yet as it still is a bit > 'young' in my opinion. I do have then on the 4.7's with the > lastest patch level My plan was to install a stock 4.8 system and immediately cvsup to STABLE. Perhaps as you mention it would be better to stay with 4.7-RELEASE until 4.8 is out of it's infancy. Hopefully the NOC support will get moving on providing at least a 4.7 CD for installation. This all brings to mind another question I had regarding partitioning, will start another thread for that :) Many thanks again, Jez
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