Date: Thu, 1 Sep 2011 16:15:06 +0930 From: "Daniel O'Connor" <doconnor@gsoft.com.au> To: freebsd-current Current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org> Subject: Custom installer woes (can't mount / RW) Message-ID: <B1A112E0-2DC5-42D0-9C57-C703339D0385@gsoft.com.au>
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Hi, I'm trying to create a custom installer for FreeBSD to automatically = setup our systems, however I am having a very odd problem. The general idea is that I build a release, then create a chroot in = which I install the slab of required ports for our system. I then tar = that up and format a USB key (the same way it's done for a release) with = the tar on it. I then boot the USB key and go to the live FS and run my install script. = It creates the file systems, unpacks the base distribution and my ports = tar ball. Then I tweak various settings and reboot. The problem I am having is that when I boot into the newly installed = system I can't mount / RW, when I try it reports "Operation not = permitted". My script is at.. http://www.gsoft.com.au/~doconnor/install-os.sh The odd thing (to me) is that I used the same gpart/newfs sequence when = creating the USB stick and that can mount root RW just fine.. I tried booting verbose but there is no information forthcoming. I am running SU+J however I tried disabling both on / and rebooting, but = with no change. The other partitions can be mounted RW just fine, and if I boot off = other media I can mount what is / just fine as well. If I install using bsdinstaller it works, so I have a work around, but I = would like to use my custom script as it saves a lot of time and finger = trouble. Any help appreciated. -- Daniel O'Connor software and network engineer for Genesis Software - http://www.gsoft.com.au "The nice thing about standards is that there are so many of them to choose from." -- Andrew Tanenbaum GPG Fingerprint - 5596 B766 97C0 0E94 4347 295E E593 DC20 7B3F CE8C
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