From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon May 11 12:47:36 2009 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 30F031065670 for ; Mon, 11 May 2009 12:47:36 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from saifi.khan@twincling.org) Received: from s217.sureserver.com (s217.sureserver.com [203.194.200.22]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7B4DC8FC17 for ; Mon, 11 May 2009 12:47:34 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from saifi.khan@twincling.org) Received: (qmail 14164 invoked by uid 1002); 11 May 2009 12:47:32 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO ?10.10.10.7?) (saifi.khan@twincling.org@59.92.222.2) by s217.sureserver.com with ESMTPA; 11 May 2009 12:47:32 -0000 Date: Mon, 11 May 2009 18:20:28 +0000 (GMT) From: Saifi Khan X-X-Sender: saifi@localhost To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org, FreeBSD Questions In-Reply-To: <4A07E966.60503@unsane.co.uk> Message-ID: References: <4A07E966.60503@unsane.co.uk> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Cc: Vincent Hoffman Subject: Re: howto sidestep sysinstall during installation 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: Mon, 11 May 2009 12:47:36 -0000 On Mon, 11 May 2009, Vincent Hoffman wrote: > On 11/5/09 11:48, Saifi Khan wrote: > > Hi all: > > > > Is there a way to sidestep the sysinstall during the > > installation process, beyond selecting the 'location' ? > > > > i'm using FreeBSD 8.0 200905 i386 snapshot DVD and looking > > for an approach to drive the entire installation from the > > Fixit# command line console. > > > > i'm a experienced Gentoo Linux user. > > > > Any suggestions, pointers or observations ? > > > > > Since you are using the snapshot DVD you should have the live/fixit > environment which is very handy for this. > I would suggest a combination of LOTS of reading and understanding of > the pages at > http://typo.submonkey.net/articles/2006/04/13/installing-freebsd-on-usb-stick-episode-2 > (which goes though the steps for partitoning and installing using fdisk > and bsdlabel, adjust paths to your dvd-rom) > and if you want zfs > http://lulf.geeknest.org/blog/freebsd/Setting_up_a_zfs-only_system/ > (goes though using gpart instead of fdisk and bsdlabel if you want to > use zfs on root) > should be enough to get you started. I assume you dont need too much > hand holding since you want to install -CURRENT. > > > Vince > Vince, thanks for the freebsd-on-usb link. i really appreciate your help. "Unknown giant" i still wonder why a snapshot should have a dysfunctional installer ? stable slice and partition support is key to trying or helping or contributing towards testing/coding for an evolving "unknown giant". Oh well :) Check this out http://www.twincling.org/node/237 If you scan this page for a minute, you will appreciate the overall flow of installation of Gentoo Linux. Even if you haven't tried the weekly Gentoo build, you may be encouraged to try this out ! Putting out a monthly snapshot is nice and if the people are going to not find info about 'Fixit#' and commands in the legendary handbook, that is not very helpful. thanks Saifi. the time has come ... 1227.