Date: Tue, 8 Oct 2013 16:48:09 -0500 From: Brooks Davis <brooks@freebsd.org> To: Thomas Mueller <mueller6727@bellsouth.net> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org, Brooks Davis <brooks@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Unable to installworld after successful buildworld and buildkernel Message-ID: <20131008214809.GC69269@lor.one-eyed-alien.net> In-Reply-To: <28.45.16944.64B74525@cdptpa-oedge02> References: <3F.9A.16944.166A3525@cdptpa-oedge02> <20131008141501.GA69028@lor.one-eyed-alien.net> <28.45.16944.64B74525@cdptpa-oedge02>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
[-- Attachment #1 --] On Tue, Oct 08, 2013 at 09:38:14PM +0000, Thomas Mueller wrote: > > To cross install FreeBSD on a system without the required users/groups > > you must either install them on the base system so that install and > > mtree can use them or use the -DDB_FROM_SRC option when running the > > installworld/installkernel/distribution targets. > > -- Brooks > > That worked for installworld, was apparently not needed subsequently for installkernel. > > But where is DB_FROM_SRC documented? I never saw it anywhere. UPDATING file needs to be updated for installing FreeBSD on a partition where there is no OS installed. > It's documented in Makefile.inc1 where the less commonly used options are documented. It should be documented in the Handbook along with the process of cross installation and image creation. I disagree that UPDATING should document the process of installing to other locations. That would be a distraction from it's purpose of letting users update their systems. It's already far too complicated. -- Brooks [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFSVH2YXY6L6fI4GtQRAgRtAJ4i+SLz/BolE9YHvuFX55tn18uAxwCdGXya HhU/hTuuey/hyKVC3mg2Z7w= =c69F -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?20131008214809.GC69269>