Date: Tue, 5 Oct 1999 14:32:20 -0700 (PDT) From: Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net> To: Zhihui Zhang <zzhang@cs.binghamton.edu> Cc: "Robert M. Luedtke" <rluedtke@freewwweb.com>, freeBSD-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: install over networked computers Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9910051430360.6368-100000@fw.wintelcom.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.3.96.991005161326.7345F-100000@sol.cs.binghamton.edu>
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On Tue, 5 Oct 1999, Zhihui Zhang wrote: > > On Tue, 5 Oct 1999, Alfred Perlstein wrote: > > > > > On Tue, 5 Oct 1999, Zhihui Zhang wrote: > > > > > > > > On Tue, 5 Oct 1999, Alfred Perlstein wrote: > > > > > > > Export the cdrom via NFS and install over nfs, or provide > > > > ftp access to the mounted cdrom and do an ftp instal via specific > > > > URL. > > > > > > Is it possible to install from a cdrom image by using vnconfig, > > > mount_cd9660 and then NFS export it? I tried this today and failed. > > > > I don't see why not, perhaps you can explain where it failed? > > I made a mistake in my posting. I am sorry. I actually tried to install > from a filesystem /mnt into another partition on the same machine: > > # vnconfig /dev/vn0c /usr/cd_image/3.3-install.cd0 > # mount -t cd9660 /dev/vn0c /mnt > # /stand/sysinstall > > (I did not try to NFS export /mnt because on my client I get NFS Portmap > not registered error). you want to make sure you are running 'portmap' and 'mountd' in that order for NFS exports to work. > Inside /stand/sysinstall, I choose another partition. Everything looks OK > except that when I tries to boot from that partition, I got "invalid > partition". > > It seems to me that if you want to do a fresh installation or overwrite > everything, you should always boot from boot floppies or CD-ROM instead of > using /stand/sysinstall directly. Yah, I've found the binary install to be a bit difficult versus the makeworld or reinstall options. -Alfred To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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