From owner-freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jan 9 02:45:44 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 62B6A1065670 for ; Sun, 9 Jan 2011 02:45:44 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from michael.ross@gmx.net) Received: from mail.gmx.net (mailout-de.gmx.net [213.165.64.23]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id C59668FC13 for ; Sun, 9 Jan 2011 02:45:43 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail invoked by alias); 09 Jan 2011 02:19:01 -0000 Received: from dslb-178-003-208-218.pools.arcor-ip.net (EHLO michael-think) [178.3.208.218] by mail.gmx.net (mp061) with SMTP; 09 Jan 2011 03:19:01 +0100 X-Authenticated: #11429267 X-Provags-ID: V01U2FsdGVkX184MvV/uLk4HqlXH3QlFBH/Twq8PqbWUyL2/cpR81 nD0rU3eJHmHLdp Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-15; format=flowed; delsp=yes To: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org, freebsd-sysinstall@freebsd.org, "Nathan Whitehorn" References: <4D28EB32.9090807@freebsd.org> Date: Sun, 09 Jan 2011 03:18:58 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: "Michael Ross" Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <4D28EB32.9090807@freebsd.org> User-Agent: Opera Mail/11.00 (Win32) X-Y-GMX-Trusted: 0 Cc: Subject: Re: BSDInstall ISO images X-BeenThere: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussion related to FreeBSD architecture List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 09 Jan 2011 02:45:44 -0000 Am 08.01.2011, 23:54 Uhr, schrieb Nathan Whitehorn : > I've spent some time integrating bsdinstall into startup of install CDs, > mostly related to building useful live-CD-based installers. An i386 > image can be found here (other architectures may follow, as my very slow > DSL line permits): > > http://people.freebsd.org/~nwhitehorn/bsdinstall-i386-20110108.iso.bz2 > > The source for this can be found at: > > svn://svn.freebsd.org/base/user/nwhitehorn/bsdinstall > > The bits related to live CD usage are the testsystem.sh and rc.local > files. Instead of running sysinstall as an init replacement, I have > written a small rc.local script that gives the user the option to either > start the installer, open a single-user-mode style shell, or to continue > to boot to a multi-user live CD. Also, instead of the md root used by > sysinstall, this just boots from the CD directly. This prevents the need > for sysinstall's media selection, since the distribution files are in > the mounted root file system. > > I would appreciate any comments or test results. > -Nathan Some quick results from toying around, mainly in the partition editor: - I can't delete slices. Ever. "Device busy" - I can't delete partitions ("Device busy") once they have been accessed, e.g. after interrupting the installation process ("Finished" Ctrl-C "Restart") - Sometimes "Finished" shows the "You have cancelled... Restart?"-Dialog right away. Not sure how to reproduce. - "Add Partition"-Dialog: Having to change between Tab- and Cursor-Keys to navigate this dialog confuses me. I keep pressing Tab to go to the next field. Shift-Tab closes the dialog entirely instead of navigating backwards. "Label" has to be left blank, else "Invalid value". (plus, the errormessage could indicate which of the values is invalid) - Adding additional users: Crtl-C here cancels the whole installation process? After reboot: First try: No mountroot, but system boots after specifying manually. Second try (after installation from scratch): No mountroot, no /etc/fstab on disk. Regards, Michael > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-sysinstall@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-sysinstall > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-sysinstall-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"