Date: Tue, 22 Oct 2002 00:41:28 -0700 From: Juli Mallett <jmallett@FreeBSD.org> To: Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com> Cc: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@freebsd.org>, hackers@freebsd.org, current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 5.0-RUSH: -current install testers wanted! Message-ID: <20021022004128.A33488@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <3DB4FF58.F2784C52@mindspring.com>; from tlambert2@mindspring.com on Tue, Oct 22, 2002 at 12:33:44AM -0700 References: <15328.1035268433@critter.freebsd.dk> <20021022003201.A32311@FreeBSD.org> <3DB4FF58.F2784C52@mindspring.com>
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* De: Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com> [ Data: 2002-10-22 ] [ Subjecte: Re: 5.0-RUSH: -current install testers wanted! ] > Juli Mallett wrote: > > Anyone with a good idea on how to bootstrap a _clean_ 5.0 install to a > > box with only a CDROM drive, and 4.7 CD, with broken PXE firmware, and > > an IDE disk which can be thrashed, by all means tell me... I'd imagine > > that I could just use the mfsroot and kernel, but there's no way for me > > to disable atkbd/atkbdc that _I_ know of, in the post-userconfig world, > > and my keyboard is broken at the mountroot> prompt, as the atkbdc > > detected based on my usb keyboard makes neither interface work, as both > > are exposed to the kernel. > > > > I've never had to install CURRENT on here without the ability to burn a > > bootable CD, and use userconfig... Yes, it was that long ago that I did > > my initial install. > > > > Thoughts? > > > Find another box where it has already been successfully installed, > and an ISO image has been built from sources. I don't have a CD burner. I have no ability to burn a CD at all. -- Juli Mallett <jmallett@FreeBSD.org> | FreeBSD: The Power To Serve Will break world for fulltime employment. | finger jmallett@FreeBSD.org http://people.FreeBSD.org/~jmallett/ | Support my FreeBSD hacking! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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