Date: Fri, 17 Oct 2008 13:35:40 +1030 From: "Daniel O'Connor" <doconnor@gsoft.com.au> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Cc: Geoff Sweet <geoffs@x10.com> Subject: Re: broken install.cfg for sysinstall Message-ID: <200810171335.55372.doconnor@gsoft.com.au> In-Reply-To: <48F7E4CA.1020307@x10.com> References: <48F7E4CA.1020307@x10.com>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Friday 17 October 2008 11:35:14 Geoff Sweet wrote: > I'm trying desperately to make my install.cfg file work. Documentation > is sparse online and based on the few examples I have been able to find > I can created this: > > --- > debug=yes > > hostname=newserv > domainname=x10.com > nameserver=10.16.0.2 > defaultrouter=10.16.0.1 > ipaddr=10.16.0.254 > netmask=255.255.255.0 > > mediaSetCDROM > > distSetEverything > > disk=da0 > partition=all > bootManager=boot > diskPartitionEditor > da0s1a=ufs 4194304 / > da0s1b=swap 4194304 > da0s1d=ufs 4194304 /home > da0s1e=ufs 4194304 /tmp > da0s1f=ufs 8388608 /usr > da0s1g=ufs 8388608 /usr/local > da0s1h=ufs 0 /var > diskLabelEditor > diskPartitionWrite > diskLabelCommit > > installCommit > > shutdown > --- > > yet when I load that config from the installer booted off the CD, it > loads the file, prompts me to remove it from the floppy, then throws the > message: > > "No root device found - you must label a partition as / in the label > editor" > > But I can't find any examples of how to make that happen. Can't someone > offer some insight? I have about 60 servers to install and even getting > this basic install.cfg file will be a big help. What is shown when you press alt-f2? If you go back to console 0 (alt-f1) and press scrolllock and page up do you see da0? Be very careful that you don't have extra characters at the end of a line (eg if you edit it in Windows) - I have a patch to fix it but it hasn't been committed yet :( Here's what I use.. # Installation script for UD3 systems # # Current for 6.3-GENESIS # Turn on extra debugging. debug=yes # Don't ask any questions. nonInteractive=yes # This is needed so the mods made by genesis-config.tcl aren't # moved out of the way. keeprcconf=yes # Make the installer accept the disk # XXX: if it rejects it the installer wedges (due to # non-interactive I believe) releaseName=6.3-GENESIS ################################ # My host specific data ################################ # Don't forget to edit these # for your network! netDev=em0 hostname=radar.gsoft.com.au domainname=radar # Use these for DHCP ifconfig_em0=DHCP tryDHCP=YES # Use these for a static setup #nameserver=1.2.3.1 #defaultrouter=1.2.3.1 #ipaddr=1.2.3.4 #netmask=255.255.255.0 tcpMenuSelect ################################ ################################ # Install via CDROM mediaSetCDROM ################################ # Select which distributions we want. dists=base GENERIC sbase sbin scontrib scrypto setc sgames sgnu sinclude skrb5 slib slibexec srelease srescue ssbin ssecure sshare ssys stools subin susbin distSetCustom ################################ ################################ # Now set the parameters for the partition editor. Set to use the # disk exclusively (could also be "all" to use the whole disk but # respecting the MBR or "free" to use only unallocated space for FreeBSD). # disk=da0 partition=all bootManager=boot diskPartitionEditor ################################ # Create partitions # Filesystems: # # / 512MB # swap 1024MB # /var 512MB # /usr 10240MB # /local0 everything else # # Remember to change ad0 to da0 in these if you are using SCSI! da0s1-1=ufs 1048576 / 1 da0s1-2=swap 2097152 none da0s1-3=ufs 1048576 /var 1 da0s1-4=ufs 20971520 /usr 1 da0s1-5=ufs 0 /local0 1 diskLabelEditor ################################ # OK, everything is set. Do it! installCommit # We can use stuff that from bin dist below here. # /dist is where the media is mounted command=/dist/bin/sh /dist/genesis/post-install-fixup.sh system # Root password command=/usr/bin/passwd system -- Daniel O'Connor software and network engineer for Genesis Software - http://www.gsoft.com.au "The nice thing about standards is that there are so many of them to choose from." -- Andrew Tanenbaum GPG Fingerprint - 5596 B766 97C0 0E94 4347 295E E593 DC20 7B3F CE8C [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQBI+AET5ZPcIHs/zowRAs2PAJ9HG1+NrZko1JmUtnl0N3C5f4yvXgCfTadG rsUnPvpuHc4kXE6OJYD89Ss= =UR2H -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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