From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Mar 3 20:19:07 2012 Return-Path: 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 DC48F106564A for ; Sat, 3 Mar 2012 20:19:06 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: from smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (smtp6.infracaninophile.co.uk [IPv6:2001:8b0:151:1:3cd3:cd67:fafa:3d78]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 62E7F8FC08 for ; Sat, 3 Mar 2012 20:19:06 +0000 (UTC) Received: from seedling.black-earth.co.uk (seedling.black-earth.co.uk [IPv6:2001:8b0:151:1:fa1e:dfff:feda:c0bb]) (authenticated bits=0) by smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (8.14.5/8.14.5) with ESMTP id q23KJ1lL003183 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-CAMELLIA256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Sat, 3 Mar 2012 20:19:01 GMT (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) X-DKIM: OpenDKIM Filter v2.4.3 smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk q23KJ1lL003183 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=infracaninophile.co.uk; s=201001-infracaninophile; t=1330805942; bh=ubJmD2bwYd5gHGly6vt0rfIFVLndV/akvbK378ihHjk=; h=Message-ID:Date:From:MIME-Version:To:Subject:References: In-Reply-To:Content-Type:Cc; b=nxX0oxnuIH26Q8EK7IsUslMOUm8Fgc/GvB4NRpeVo6oDb09NcuKM48pF23osLuxiq I4jiyb/eX6AMze2asAY0wOnEFteCG1cAxnyKaEk35YdvBnvf38D0a1fJHUmFj6/Ql3 TQ3cI7Lael0b6ylMWKm4xiQURypeNim5+VaM3Ank= Message-ID: <4F527CAC.8010803@infracaninophile.co.uk> Date: Sat, 03 Mar 2012 20:18:52 +0000 From: Matthew Seaman User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10.6; rv:10.0.2) Gecko/20120216 Thunderbird/10.0.2 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: In-Reply-To: X-Enigmail-Version: 1.3.5 OpenPGP: id=60AE908C Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="------------enig1CDBC70DA4DF0EF8876762F3" X-Virus-Scanned: clamav-milter 0.97.3 at lucid-nonsense.infracaninophile.co.uk X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.8 required=5.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,AWL,BAYES_00, DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU autolearn=ham version=3.3.2 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.2 (2011-06-06) on lucid-nonsense.infracaninophile.co.uk Subject: Re: sysinstall X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 03 Mar 2012 20:19:07 -0000 This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enig1CDBC70DA4DF0EF8876762F3 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 03/03/2012 20:07, David Walker wrote: > So I installed amd64 9.0 tonight and decided against installing "ports"= =2E > I'm at a point now where I'm thinking about adding it and I see sysinst= all: > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/ports-using.html > Looks easy. >=20 > For some unknown reason sysinstall spits the following: >=20 > Warning: The disc currently in the drive is either not a FreeBSD > disc or it is an older (pre 1.2.5) FreeBSD CD which does not have a > version number on it. Do you wish to use this disc anyway? >=20 > Like any sane person who burned this CD a few hours previously on the > same machine from within FreeBSD and then installed from it shortly > afterwards I click "Yes" ... >=20 > So that doesn't work. > I wonder what would have happened if I had elected to install "ports" > during the initial install ... >=20 > I'm here if anyone's bothered and wants more information. Once the system is up-and-running, forget about sysinstall. (Or, for those of you that keep up with the latest trends, bsdinstall). The install is done, and its job is over. Instead, choose one of the following two exciting command lines, according to taste: # csup -h cvsup.fr.freebsd.org /usr/share/examples/cvsup/ports-supfile= (Choose a cvsup server near you if you don't happen to be anywhere near France) --or-- # portsnap fetch extract Cheers, Matthew --=20 Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 7 Priory Courtyard Flat 3 PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Ramsgate JID: matthew@infracaninophile.co.uk Kent, CT11 9PW --------------enig1CDBC70DA4DF0EF8876762F3 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG/MacGPG2 v2.0.16 (Darwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAk9SfLQACgkQ8Mjk52CukIxziQCfdyvcIvV+H57e8n4O0lV1glXi iJcAoIsbmvxZO4MHnPMxEeXZbPArGqd9 =Ukq8 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enig1CDBC70DA4DF0EF8876762F3--