Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2007 20:35:12 -0800 (PST) From: Jared Barneck <rhyous@yahoo.com> To: "mailinglists@bsdcertification.com" <mailinglists@bsdcertification.com>, Ceri Davies <ceri@submonkey.net> Cc: Tom Rhodes <trhodes@FreeBSD.org>, freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org, rhyous@yahoo.com, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: man sysinstall Message-ID: <332766.3608.qm@web52113.mail.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <45BB74CC.3050408@bsdcertification.com>
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--- "mailinglists@bsdcertification.com" <mailinglists@bsdcertification.com> wrote: > Ceri Davies wrote: > > >On Thu, Jan 25, 2007 at 07:28:39PM -0500, Tom > Rhodes wrote: > > > > > >>On Thu, 25 Jan 2007 14:54:47 +0000 > >>Ceri Davies <ceri@submonkey.net> wrote: > >> > >> > >> > >>>On Wed, Jan 24, 2007 at 11:05:13PM -0800, BSD > Certification Team wrote: > >>> > >>> > >>>>Hello all, > >>>> > >>>>The man page for sysinstall is pretty out of > date. I > >>>>am trying to PXE boot to an unattended install. > >>>> > >>>>I figured out that I needed to add dists=base > kernels > >>>>GENERIC even though kernels and GENERIC are not > in the > >>>>list in the man page. > >>>> > >>>>Is there anyone in charge of updating this > >>>>information? I have never submitted an update. > >>>> > >>>> > >>>I guess that's me. Could you please raise a PR > and send me the number? > >>> I sent in a PR. Let me know if you don't get it. > >>> > >>I tried with almost every version of 5.X to get an > unattended > >>install working. Never worked. It seems as if > sysinstall > >>was looking only for a USB floppy drive. > Originally I started > >>looking over the code to send in a PR and perhaps > a patch, > >>but became busy with other things. > >> > >> > > > >I can't speak for 5.x because I didn't really run > it, but this worked > >for 6.x a year ago: > http://typo.submonkey.net/articles/2006/02/12/ > > > > > > > I am actually pxe booting to it now. However, I am > using pxe-1.4.2 > instead of having it all in the dhcp config. > > Also, I saw a not that the floppy drive is not > working. I couldn't get > it to work either. I am doing this all PXE style. > I was using FreeBSD, isc-dhcp-server, pxe-1.4.2, and tftp and ftp from inetd to pxe boot and didn't really try the floppy so I tried the floppy. I have tested two separate hardware machines and VMWare 5.d and I cannot get the floppy to detect and read the install.cfg. I have tried both MS-DOS floppy and a floppy formatted with UFS, so I am guessing this is broken too. So with the PXE solution, I have almost everything working: I cannot get the machine to automatically reboot. This is the one last thing I need for full automation. So it looks like there are three issues that some of us who "donate time" could address: 1. Update man sysinstall which I submitted a PR for. 2. Fix the floppy not being detected. 3. Figure out how to reboot once the unattended install completes. > > >The OP's note about adding the kernels line is > definitely needed and I'll > >fix that (though I would really love a PR for it), > but for anything > >else, you have to send hardware (a laptop or > Soekris, I'm not fussy!) :) > > > >Ceri > > > > I will settle for the updated man page for now. I wish I could just send everyone a laptop. :-) ____________________________________________________________________________________ Don't get soaked. Take a quick peak at the forecast with the Yahoo! Search weather shortcut. http://tools.search.yahoo.com/shortcuts/#loc_weather
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