Date: Thu, 08 Jul 2010 11:08:04 -0400 From: "Mikhail T." <mi+thun@aldan.algebra.com> To: Jeremy Chadwick <freebsd@jdc.parodius.com> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: net-booting the install disks (Re: 8.x grudges) Message-ID: <4C35E9D4.8080007@aldan.algebra.com> In-Reply-To: <20100708135353.GA43460@icarus.home.lan> References: <4C34C5DE.7040007@aldan.algebra.com> <AANLkTil1jtcgOV5c5rLQabS2kJ2DA09haRY3VB0bgA8x@mail.gmail.com> <4C34CA31.7010804@aldan.algebra.com> <AANLkTimQFCxQpCx32dxvYscGspUkqyRbyPE_ru8RS5My@mail.gmail.com> <4C34E39A.7090905@aldan.algebra.com> <20100708135353.GA43460@icarus.home.lan>
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08.07.2010 09:53, Jeremy Chadwick ΞΑΠΙΣΑΧ(ΜΑ):
> Then don't modify loader.conf. Instead, once the "Welcome to FreeBSD!"
> portion of loader appears, press "6" to shell to the loader prompt
> and type:
>
> set vfs.root.mountfrom="ufs:/dev/md0"
> boot
>
Yes, that works... It just should not be necessary. Red Hat's
"kickstart" does not require one to extract CD-images to fiddle with a
couple of lines, and FreeBSD comes tantalizingly close to offer the same
functionality. Just not quite :-(
-mi
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