From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Aug 24 14:03:01 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 83D92A20 for ; Sun, 24 Aug 2014 14:03:01 +0000 (UTC) Received: from server1.shellworld.net (shellworld.net [69.60.117.94]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5CA443FF3 for ; Sun, 24 Aug 2014 14:03:00 +0000 (UTC) Received: from server1.shellworld.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by server1.shellworld.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4FC0E228B7 for ; Sun, 24 Aug 2014 10:02:59 -0400 (EDT) To: "questions@freebsd.org" Subject: Has the Procedure for Regenerating A FreeBSD Installation Disk Changed? Date: Sun, 24 Aug 2014 09:02:59 -0500 From: "Martin G. McCormick" Message-Id: <20140824140259.4FC0E228B7@server1.shellworld.net> X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18-1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 24 Aug 2014 14:03:01 -0000 While trying to create a customized FreeBSD installation disk I am using the standard FreeBSD tar application and doing the following based upon instructions found in the Handbook for remastering: #mkdir headless #works # tar -C headless -pxf FreeBSD-9.1-RELEASE-amd64-disc1.iso This extracts most of the files but produces a huge error output as in: usr/lib/libarchive.so.5: Can't create 'usr/lib/libarchive.so.5' usr/lib/libasn1.so.10: Can't create 'usr/lib/libasn1.so.10' Similar messages for many portions of the image, 759 all totalled. The original image mounts properly using mdconfig and appears to be normal to start with. Martin McCormick