Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2007 20:24:20 -0800 (PST) From: Jared Barneck <rhyous@yahoo.com> To: Ceri Davies <ceri@submonkey.net>, freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org, FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Cc: Tom Rhodes <trhodes@FreeBSD.org>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: man sysinstall Message-ID: <799088.98761.qm@web52110.mail.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <45BB74CC.3050408@bsdcertification.com>
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To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org From: Jared Barneck <jared@bsdcertification.com> Reply-To: Jared Barneck <jared@bsdcertification.com> Cc: X-send-pr-version: 3.113 X-GNATS-Notify: >Submitter-Id: current-users >Originator: Jared Barneck >Organization: www.bsdcertification.com >Confidential: no >Synopsis: sysinstall man page and example install.cfg need updated to include changes in 6.2<synopsis of the problem (one line)> >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Category: docs<choose from the list of categories above (one line)> >Class: doc-bug >Release: FreeBSD 6.2-RELEASE i386 >Environment: System: FreeBSD freebsd.bsdcertification.com 6.2-RELEASE FreeBSD 6.2-RELEASE #0: Fri Jan 12 10:40:27 UTC 2007 root@dessler.cse.buffalo.edu:/ usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC i386 >Description: The man page for sysinstall was last updated in June of 2005 and the sample file is tagged as 2001. There have been many changes since these were written. The man page for sysinstall needs updated to match the new install settings. The install has changed in a few ways. For example, the dists variable now need to remove outdated options and add the new options such as: kernels GENERIC SMP. The example file is in the src tree under /usr/src/usr.sbin/sysinstall/install.cfg but no longer works in 6.2. A new sample file would be much appreciated. >How-To-Repeat: 1. Place the /usr/src/usr.sbin/sysinstall/install.cfg file on a floppy disk. 2. Edit the file for a given environment (replacing sample IPs, names, etc.) 3. Start an install. 4. Pass the install.cfg file to the installation. 5. It does not install a working system >Fix: I added the following to the dists variable and the system installed: kernels GENERIC I assume that SMP might be an option as well but this would have to be verified. There may be other options that are outdated. I can't seem to get the INDEX file to read. ____________________________________________________________________________________ Don't pick lemons. See all the new 2007 cars at Yahoo! Autos. http://autos.yahoo.com/new_cars.html
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