Date: Mon, 8 Dec 2008 19:44:09 -0600 (CST) From: Kevin Monceaux <Kevin@RawFedDogs.net> To: FreeBSD Questions Mailing List <Questions@FreeBSD.org> Subject: ISO Images/Releases/FTP Servers Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.00.0812081928190.66212@Phideaux.RawFedDogs.net>
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FreeBSD Fans,
I'm experiencing irritation. Would someone have a long talk with whoever
is responsible for the ISO images, release names, and/or the FTP servers,
depending on where the root if this irritation lies?
<rant>
I've installed FreeBSD briefly a couple of times on my home desktop box.
Recently I've been taking an install on vmware from the 7.1-BETA2 ISO,
bootonly - installed via FTP, for a spin to jog my memory a bit in
preparation to perform another install. All worked well under vmware. I
didn't try zfs as I figured I'd just wait for the real install for that.
After getting home from work today I started the install process. This is
roughly how it went.
I booted the 7.1-BETA2 ISO and wiped out my Gentoo installation. I
sliced/partitioned my hard drives. I then fired up a fixit shell to go
through the root on UFS plus everything else on ZFS procedures I had used
the last time around. I tried to load zfs.ko and kldload said it didn't
exist. ls verified that it did indeed exist, but kldload refused to load
it. At this point I had wiped out the Gentoo install on the only
functional PC I have in the house. Well, there's a Pentium MMX 200Mhz box
in the closet with an ooooooooold Mandrake install on it but it's power
supply fan tries to be difficult most of the time.
After grumbling for a few moments I pulled out a 7.0-STABLE-200807 livefs
CD I had and tried using it for the fixit shell. It complained about the
versions not matching, but started the fixit shell and I was able to load
zfs.ko and create my zfs pool and filesystems. I try to start the
install, pick a ZFS server and it complains that it can't find release
7.1-BETA2 on the FTP server. I went blank on release naming schemes. I
tried several things to no avail. So, I finally decide to start over and
install from the 7.0-STABLE-200807 ISO I have handy. I get to the same
point and it complains that it can't find release 7.0-STABLE-200807 on the
FTP server. Fortunately after a few tries I was able to do a better job
of jogging my poor memory and made the installer happy using 7.0-RELEASE
as the release name. Would someone please:
A. Keep the releases available on the FTP servers for a reasonable amount
of time.
and/or
B. Add functionality to the installer to list the available releases if
it can't find the release it's looking for.
</rant>
Kevin
http://www.RawFedDogs.net
http://www.WacoAgilityGroup.org
Bruceville, TX
Si hoc legere scis nimium eruditionis habes.
Longum iter est per praecepta, breve et efficax per exempla!!!
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