Date: Thu, 4 Jan 2007 13:42:10 -0600 (CST) From: "Richard Lynch" <ceo@l-i-e.com> To: freebsd@alaskaparadise.com Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: CD Drive "locked" during install, can't commit Message-ID: <4646.216.230.84.67.1167939730.squirrel@www.l-i-e.com> In-Reply-To: <200701032242.46896.freebsd@alaskaparadise.com> References: <1650.67.184.122.32.1167895255.squirrel@www.l-i-e.com> <200701032242.46896.freebsd@alaskaparadise.com>
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On Thu, January 4, 2007 1:42 am, Beech Rintoul wrote: > 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. > I've been bit by something similar during install. There is no > question that > the installer could use some work. What I do now is just install the > base > system, boot then pull everything else in with a network install. > Saves time > and frustration from swapping disks. Usually the ports need upgrading > anyway, > so the install disks are just a starting point. Sometimes, a network install for the initial bulk load of software is not an option... -- Some people have a "gift" link here. Know what I want? I want you to buy a CD from some starving artist. http://cdbaby.com/browse/from/lynch Yeah, I get a buck. So?
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