Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2007 11:05:24 +0100 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@FreeBSD.org> To: Thomas David Rivers <rivers@dignus.com> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 7.0 BETA1.5 initial findings... Message-ID: <47285364.9060600@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <200710301834.l9UIYeW55836@lakes.dignus.com> References: <200710301834.l9UIYeW55836@lakes.dignus.com>
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Thomas David Rivers wrote: > Just wanted to report some of my results with installing > the BETA1.5 CDs.... with a CD-ONLY install. > > This is on an Intel quad-core with 2G of memory, and 300G SATA > drive and older ATAPI DVD drive (Intel DG33BU motherboard.) > > First; after you partition & label and choose your distributions; > it's time to remove the "BOOTONLY" CD and place DISC1 in the > drive. There's nothing that tells you this.. if you don't > do this, then the process merrily fails at trying to install > everything.. twice over. After that, you have an opportunity > to try and install again, putting DISC1 in the drive. I'd > suggest a little box saying "remove the BOOTONLY CD, insert DISC1 > and press OK" when it's time to start installing the distributions. > > Second - if you choose the X11 packages in the distributions; > they don't work. The install process complains that it > can't find packages/INDEX on either DISC1 or DISK2. I'm not > sure how to get the X11 packages installed from a CD-only install. That is expected for beta installs, the packages are typically not yet available until later in the cycle. Krishelp
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