From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Dec 19 14:38:51 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C77871065675 for ; Fri, 19 Dec 2008 14:38:51 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jayk123@hotmail.com) Received: from col0-omc4-s2.col0.hotmail.com (col0-omc4-s2.col0.hotmail.com [65.55.34.204]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A94218FC14 for ; Fri, 19 Dec 2008 14:38:51 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jayk123@hotmail.com) Received: from COL101-W32 ([65.55.34.201]) by col0-omc4-s2.col0.hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.3959); Fri, 19 Dec 2008 06:26:51 -0800 Message-ID: X-Originating-IP: [71.112.20.212] From: Jay Sender: To: Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2008 14:26:52 +0000 Importance: Low MIME-Version: 1.0 X-OriginalArrivalTime: 19 Dec 2008 14:26:51.0847 (UTC) FILETIME=[D5C28570:01C961E5] Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Subject: boot-only?which cds?reprobing network devices during setup? (my minor experience/complaints today..) X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2008 14:38:51 -0000 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=