Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2005 03:08:44 -0700 From: Glenn Dawson <glenn@antimatter.net> To: iv gan <devif0@gmail.com>, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: howto make sysintall Message-ID: <6.1.0.6.2.20050810030653.078cadd0@cobalt.antimatter.net> In-Reply-To: <356446ef0508100239320d2bf0@mail.gmail.com> References: <356446ef0508100239320d2bf0@mail.gmail.com>
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At 02:39 AM 8/10/2005, iv gan wrote: >Hi there, >I try to make a custom installation of FreeBSD 5.3 in a way that there >are no questions during the process but rather it detects the hard >disk size makes the partitions etc... >For the moment I smply try to compile sysinstall (cd >/usr/src/usr.sbin/sysintall && make all) >and it compiles without any problem. The size on the output file is >about 1,2M. The problem comes when I put it in a mfsroot file and when >it loads on startup. The sysinstall simply don't start. In the same >time on the secont vty after 20secs I got a messages like "pid NNN >(sh) uid 0, was killed: out of swap space" or something like it. >So my question is is there a correct manner to make the sysinstall >(like going to /usr/src and then make everything around). The original >size is about 2.2 Megs and the one I got is about a 1meg less. It is >compiled staticly (NOSHARED=yes it have to mean that no??) >For the moment i don't touch the code. Just compile it to try. The >newly compiled sysinstall is running when it is executed from the >directory where it is situated (like ./sysintall). >Hm I thing thats all I have like symptoms. >Any suggestions? >Or better is there a way to script an Auto partitioning of the hard >disk without touching the code. The bulk of the sysinstall man page covers how to script an install. -Glenn >thanks and good luck to allz > >Ivo >_______________________________________________ >freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list >http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers >To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-hackers-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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