From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jan 4 07:43:05 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CD79A16A407 for ; Thu, 4 Jan 2007 07:43:05 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@alaskaparadise.com) Received: from stargate.alaskaparadise.com (114-103-74-65.gci.net [65.74.103.114]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EB28F13C4A5 for ; Thu, 4 Jan 2007 07:43:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@alaskaparadise.com) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by stargate.alaskaparadise.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9A2777E44; Wed, 3 Jan 2007 22:42:56 -0900 (AKST) From: Beech Rintoul Organization: Alaska Paradise Travel To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, ceo@l-i-e.com Date: Wed, 3 Jan 2007 22:42:19 -0900 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.5 References: <1650.67.184.122.32.1167895255.squirrel@www.l-i-e.com> In-Reply-To: <1650.67.184.122.32.1167895255.squirrel@www.l-i-e.com> X-Face: ?}"PdpzgE21new9:7Y0wvn}&5&s8%^+O2Ve?@.ODc?''\G5BYij$FhT2-S5y9Ak[NW>v, =?iso-8859-1?q?5=0A=09BGI+=60o=3DS=7Ds1/xd=5D?=@R4'6Y=P^\tQL@=?iso-8859-1?q?ePwPM=25186jCgJiC=5ChdK5sy1=7DfoWRO5=3B=27Y+3b8=5C0zH?= =?iso-8859-1?q?=0A=09Y?="bo7~_0RNxvHh6uk^5%7kRp@E>'71;)$MQ2_@ =?iso-8859-1?q?=3DmZJye=7C/2V/=3B=2ErvXpT=5Cv=7CsJj=26SuO5/hH=0A=09x*?=>d?r>2b=^){n``sXL4G0"kh~9:GFT">P3y5F/x\, Hh0>u4R*Cw<5#gh9X!):*hf5^tV, =?iso-8859-1?q?=0A=09PjL=2E+/*fZ=5C*TYKV=24HdRJI?=)Dq+1!q{z<9mv5S*7S85.!&)0F=qo2*z~|; 4X?vi6o3<@ MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="nextPart1354751.KNAuWl63pz"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=pgp-sha1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <200701032242.46896.freebsd@alaskaparadise.com> Cc: Subject: Re: CD Drive "locked" during install, can't commit X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: freebsd@alaskaparadise.com List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 04 Jan 2007 07:43:05 -0000 --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. 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