Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2012 19:45:31 +0200 From: George Liaskos <geo.liaskos@gmail.com> To: jflowers <jflowers@ezo.net> Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: FreeBSD/EC2 -9.0-Current 2011-01-01 (ami-f4db2a9d) Message-ID: <CANcjpOAfBKUszGMW-kuAu2pbJ3dahD4GUD4yXqW3%2BJfytuEQqQ@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20121217155015.M90220@ezo.net> References: <20121217155015.M90220@ezo.net>
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The ami you are using is obsolete, according to [1] ami-5339bb3a is what you probably want. I am using pkgng with no problems, just launch the ami in a micro instance. No need for workarounds. [1] http://www.daemonology.net/freebsd-on-ec2/ On Mon, Dec 17, 2012 at 6:19 PM, jflowers <jflowers@ezo.net> wrote: > I'm working my way through a re-education for EC2. I read a lot of posts > but find it confusing to keep up with the current state of the art as to > what information is applicable and what is not: > > 1. I had convinced myself that I was being told that I had to use a Windows > instance but then found this AMI. It launched for T1.micro, always with the > note that it was available for the free-tier which is important to me. Have > I been too optimistic or is it, indeed, running with the free-tier > restrictions? > > 2. Unfortunately, after I had spent a couple of hours on installing ports, I > installed pkgng. It seemed to install OK but then when I ran pkg2ng it > didn't work throwing the following error message twice. > > /libexec/ld-elf.so.1: Undefined symbol "Quiet" referenced from COPY > relocation in /usr/sbin/pkg_info. > > and then ... > > Conversion has been successfully finished > Your old packages database has been moved to: /var/db/pkg.bak > > There is no sign of a pkg.bak anywhere on the machine and, of course, pkg_* > tools don't work. /var/db/pkg is still fully populated with what looks like > the correct files. There is also no perl installed > > So my question is "Is there any way I can recover pkg_* tools or get pkgng > to function? With only a couple of hours in it, I'm tempted to just start > over and use one of the RELEASE AMIs. > > 3. I also noted a thread where Colin Percival talked about an initial launch > as c1.medium to set things up and then restarting as t1.micro. Won't this > trigger a minimum bill for 1 month being added to my free-tier $0.00? > > Thanks for any help responses to get me pointed in the right direction. > > -- > Jim Flowers <jflowers@ezo.net> > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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