From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun May 29 01:46:31 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5442816A41C for ; Sun, 29 May 2005 01:46:31 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from sr@dragon.genyosha.net) Received: from dragon.genyosha.net (dragon.genyosha.net [216.103.76.254]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1E22543D1D for ; Sun, 29 May 2005 01:46:30 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from sr@dragon.genyosha.net) Received: from dragon.genyosha.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dragon.genyosha.net (8.13.3/8.13.1) with ESMTP id j4T1e5pC011962 for ; Sat, 28 May 2005 18:40:05 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from sr@dragon.genyosha.net) Received: (from sr@localhost) by dragon.genyosha.net (8.13.3/8.13.1/Submit) id j4T1e533011961 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Sat, 28 May 2005 18:40:05 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from sr) Date: Sat, 28 May 2005 18:40:05 -0700 From: Steve Rikli To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20050529014005.GA11940@dragon.genyosha.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i Subject: 5.4 NFS install broken? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 29 May 2005 01:46:31 -0000 How does one create the NFS installation directory for FreeBSD-5.4 ? I.e. is it supposed to be as simple as dumping the entire contents of CD#1 & CD#2 into a directory on an NFS server, and pointing 'sysinstall' to it? I've been doing 4.x & 5.x NFS installs successfully with an NFS server's repositories setup in that manner, but with FreeBSD-5.4 , 'sysinstall' prompted for the next "disc", and I had no apparent way of selecting a different media or different source. I'm thinking I must not be getting (parts of?) CD#2 into the right place, and/or need to update a table-of-contents file, or something equally simple. If there's a different/better way (e.g. not using CDs at all) to build a FreeBSD-5.4 repository suitable for NFS installation purposes, advice on that would also be welcome. The Handbook chapter on installations is pretty good, but it sort of glosses over the details in the Advanced Installation (2.13.6.1) section, and I suspect it might not be quite as simple for 5.4 . Thanks, sr. -- || Steve Rikli ||| My group's mission statement - || || Systems Administrator ||| "You want *what*? By *WHEN*?" || || ||| - Simon Burr, || || sr@genyosha.net ||| in alt.sysadmin.recovery ||