Date: Wed, 3 Jan 2007 22:42:19 -0900 From: Beech Rintoul <freebsd@alaskaparadise.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, ceo@l-i-e.com Subject: Re: CD Drive "locked" during install, can't commit Message-ID: <200701032242.46896.freebsd@alaskaparadise.com> In-Reply-To: <1650.67.184.122.32.1167895255.squirrel@www.l-i-e.com> References: <1650.67.184.122.32.1167895255.squirrel@www.l-i-e.com>
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--nextPart1354751.KNAuWl63pz Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline On Wednesday 03 January 2007 22:20, Richard Lynch wrote: > Due to some hardware issues (not really relevant here) I've > re-installed FreeBSD about 6 times in the last couple days. > > On one of those occasions, I managed to go through a sequence not > unlike this: > > 1. Standard fdisk/label stuff. > 2. Custom install of base, kernel, ports tree (only) > 3. Choose some packages, swap disks 1&2 around, lotsa fun. > 4. Choose to go back to tweak install at the end. > 5. I think I *may* have gone back through the Custom kernel bit, to > add the man pages or something... > 6. Commit installation. > > At this point, however, Disk#2 was in the drive, not disk #1. > > Alas, it kept trying to find base, man, dict, ports on /dev/acd0. > > It wasn't there, because those are on Disk#1, not #2. > > My laptop eject button would NOT work. > > The installer wasn't letting me swap CDs like it does for the > Packages, because it assumed I had Disk#1 in there, I guess, as one > generally does the base/kernel stuff and commits before swapping > around the disks for Packages. > > There does not seem to be the standard paperclip hole manual eject on > the CD drive on this laptop. :-( > > I tried going through some more packages, picking some that seemed > like they'd be on Disk #1, so I could be prompted to swap disks, and > end up with #1 in the drive, so then I could "commit" and it would > just work. > > Alas, I kept picking stuff that was on disk #2, and then chose > something that ended up requiring a bunch of gnome stuff, which I > didn't really want. I think it was 'fileroller' that did that? > > Not that I have anything against gnome, as I use it on another box, > but I felt like playing with KDE on this box for now. > > Anyway, I just gave up at that point. > > So I had to power down and start all over, as it seemed like it would > be easier than continuing down the path I was on. > > This was not the end of the world for me, as I had re-done the install > about 4 times anyway, and planned at least 1 more to try different > things to work through my hardware issue. > > But it could sure be frustrating to anybody else who tries this same > sequence... > > Any chance the base/kernel/man/port/etc installer code could also > check for CD 2 versus CD 1 like the Packages installer code does?... > > Seems like it would be a no-brainer to this naive reader, but maybe > I'm just being stupid... > > Or maybe only people as silly as I am to try and go back and add in > the stuff from the first configure section (base, kernel, etc) get bit > by this?... Still... Seems like it should not let me be that stupid. > > :-) > > Just an idea, if somebody who works on the installer code happens to > read this. :-) > > THANKS! I've been bit by something similar during install. There is no question tha= t=20 the installer could use some work. What I do now is just install the base=20 system, boot then pull everything else in with a network install. Saves tim= e=20 and frustration from swapping disks. Usually the ports need upgrading anywa= y,=20 so the install disks are just a starting point. Beech =2D-=20 =2D------------------------------------------------------------------------= =2D------------- Beech Rintoul - Sys. Administrator - beech@alaskaparadise.com /"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign | Alaska Paradise Travel \ / - NO HTML/RTF in e-mail | 201 East 9Th Avenue Ste.310 X - NO Word docs in e-mail | Anchorage, AK 99501 / \ - Please visit Alaska Paradise - http://www.alaskaparadise.com =2D------------------------------------------------------------------------= =2D------------- --nextPart1354751.KNAuWl63pz Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQBFnK/2R5sEeCt9j00RAsqAAKCdykrxwbMdVcHa5ofWwXz4oUVm8QCfdXpv YCNSd9eWGsXcUc0G63fAGSA= =AXLw -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart1354751.KNAuWl63pz--
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