From owner-freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org Sat Jul 18 00:01:26 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-bugs@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7F42C9A4BCC for ; Sat, 18 Jul 2015 00:01:26 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org) Received: from kenobi.freebsd.org (kenobi.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::16:76]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 6BF951155 for ; Sat, 18 Jul 2015 00:01:26 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org) Received: from bugs.freebsd.org ([127.0.1.118]) by kenobi.freebsd.org (8.15.2/8.15.2) with ESMTP id t6I01Q80068755 for ; Sat, 18 Jul 2015 00:01:26 GMT (envelope-from bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org) From: bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: [Bug 195705] Installer issues / bsdconfig Date: Sat, 18 Jul 2015 00:01:25 +0000 X-Bugzilla-Reason: AssignedTo X-Bugzilla-Type: changed X-Bugzilla-Watch-Reason: None X-Bugzilla-Product: Base System X-Bugzilla-Component: usb X-Bugzilla-Version: 10.1-RELEASE X-Bugzilla-Keywords: X-Bugzilla-Severity: Affects Many People X-Bugzilla-Who: gjb@FreeBSD.org X-Bugzilla-Status: Open X-Bugzilla-Priority: --- X-Bugzilla-Assigned-To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org X-Bugzilla-Target-Milestone: --- X-Bugzilla-Flags: X-Bugzilla-Changed-Fields: bug_status Message-ID: In-Reply-To: References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Bugzilla-URL: https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/ Auto-Submitted: auto-generated MIME-Version: 1.0 X-BeenThere: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: Bug reports List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 18 Jul 2015 00:01:26 -0000 https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=195705 Glen Barber changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|New |Open --- Comment #1 from Glen Barber --- (In reply to Chris from comment #0) > Issue # 2 > When I go into freebsd & select option 2 or 3 I'm attempting to update from > ftp I get: > > No pkg(8) database found! > Packages are not available via ftp. > So so went into "options" under "Choose installation Media" & seen USB. > Slick, I downloaded a dvd image, (as per reading the documentation it has > most of the software in it & judging by size) burned it to a usb thumb drive > that's 32Gb in size. (Basically the same way I used dd to create the install > media.) I shutdown FreeBSD OS inserted my thumb drive, launched bsdconfig & > attempted to install from usb: > > No pkg(8) database found! > This has been an ongoing problem since the 10.0-RELEASE cycle, and persisted through 10.1-RELEASE. I do not expect this to be resolved anytime soon, and certainly not before 10.2-RELEASE. Instructions on using the on-disc packages for installation were included in the 10.1-RELEASE announcement email, and will be included in the 10.2-RELEASE email as well. -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.