Date: Wed, 2 Nov 2011 16:42:16 -0600 (MDT) From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> To: Blake McBride <blake@mcbride.name> Cc: freebsd-sysinstall@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Long standing problems with sysinstall Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1111021634040.23511@wonkity.com> In-Reply-To: <CABwHSOsyn05doa9KYeLoyH3bbfoRK_KGK0uv7-%2BbaT-J9f4Ccw@mail.gmail.com> References: <CABwHSOu3XcE6-R6DeuZGB1aZTuZez5gn3EtiJQ6v22H7qfk3Ag@mail.gmail.com> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1111021443420.22434@wonkity.com> <CABwHSOsyn05doa9KYeLoyH3bbfoRK_KGK0uv7-%2BbaT-J9f4Ccw@mail.gmail.com>
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This message is in MIME format. The first part should be readable text, while the remaining parts are likely unreadable without MIME-aware tools. ---902635197-50432613-1320273736=:23511 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT On Wed, 2 Nov 2011, Blake McBride wrote: > On Wed, Nov 2, 2011 at 4:03 PM, Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> wrote: >> On Wed, 2 Nov 2011, Blake McBride wrote: >> >>> 1. In order to escape the virtual machine (VM) you hit the control key >>> and the command key together. >> >> Which VM? FreeBSD as a guest should not run any different than on real >> hardware. If the VM host's command key does not work right, that implies a >> problem with the VM software. And of course the "command" key could differ >> depending on VM software. Which keys, exactly? Or is this a Mac with an >> actual "command" key? >> > > Linux (many versions), Solaris, OpenIndiana, Windows XP & 7, and DOS > all work fine. The command key doesn't interfere with any of them. > > I use VirtualBox and KVM elsewhere. On the machine I am trying to use > FreeBSD on I use VMWare. It is quite inconvenient for me to switch on > this box because of one OS. (I'd have to load up and configure all > the other OS's). Additionally, VMWare is surely the most popular > commercial VM software. FreeBSD should work. The VM guest should not be able to interfere with the host, that's the point of a VM. Again, knowing exactly which keys are being pressed might explain the problem. I used VMware with FreeBSD several years ago and don't recall any problems, but it may have changed since then. >>> 3. I now have the system installed and I am attempting to add packages. >>> I >>> go into sysinstall. >> >> See the man page for pkg_add about the PACKAGESITE variable. A value of >> ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/amd64/packages-9-current/Latest >> would get the latest 9.0 packages for amd64. (Untested, I generally don't >> use packages.) >> > > I don't understand this comment. Yes, I know I can use pkg_add. If > sysinstall isn't going to work, get rid of the option. If it's > supposed to do something, make it work. Sorry, I inadvertantly edited out a note about sysinstall itself going away. bsdinstall, the new installer, doesn't replace all of sysinstall's functions, and at present there isn't anything else to use for post-install config except the standalone utilities like pkg_add. ---902635197-50432613-1320273736=:23511--
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