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Date:      Fri, 9 Jul 2010 18:05:55 +0100
From:      Bruce Cran <bruce@cran.org.uk>
To:        Randi Harper <randi@freebsd.org>
Cc:        freebsd-sysinstall@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: silly, silly sysinstall
Message-ID:  <20100709180555.00004b60@unknown>
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On Fri, 9 Jul 2010 09:41:57 -0700
Randi Harper <randi@freebsd.org> wrote:

> * pull down the latest code for sysinstall
> * compile it (i recommend making sure it's got -static)

You can also update the copy of sysinstall on the media using the
crunchgen'd binary:

cd /usr/src/head/release
crunchgen i386/boot_crunch.conf
make -f boot_crunch.mk

For some reason ppp and camcontrol failed to link on my machine, so I
removed them from boot_crunch.conf.

I use a simple script to update it on the install media:

gunzip mfsroot.gz
mdconfig -a -f mfsroot
mount /dev/md0 /mnt
cp /usr/src/head/release/boot_crunch /mnt/stand
umount /mnt
mdconfig -d -u 0
gzip mfsroot

-- 
Bruce Cran



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