Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2008 14:26:52 +0000 From: Jay <jay.krell@cornell.edu> To: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: boot-only?which cds?reprobing network devices during setup? (my minor experience/complaints today..) Message-ID: <COL101-W323FA5DD6C99D42ACDBD13E6F00@phx.gbl>
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AMD64/7.1RC1 =20 I couldn't find documentation as to what the "boot only" CDs are. So I tried it. Now I know. They boot=2C start setup=2C and then must get th= e "setup source" from the network (or perhaps swap CDs). =20 My machine's onboard ethernet controller is apparently not supported=2Cor n= ot quite working. It was working fine from Linux.It is a Sun machine with o= nboard nVidia ethernet. So I connected a USB to ethernet adapter.It works.But I had to reboot the c= omputer.It would a little nice if setup would re-probe devices. Also=2C when you boot the boot only CD=2C and say to use the CDfor the inst= all source=2C it errors=2C repeatedly=2C for every "package".You have to kn= ow to push control-c. I also don't see information as to what is on CD1 vs. 2 vs 3. =20 In the visual fdisk=2C I deleted a partition=2C then tried undo=2C it said it couldn't=2C that it had commited/written already. I later restar= ted setup and the deleted partition was back. It seems its understanding of what has been written is wrong. =20 (I ran FreeBSD a bunch years ago=2C around 3.x=2C but stopped once I found pulling out a USB device paniced. Ready to give it another try..well=2C for some porting work..) =20 - Jay=
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