Date: Sun, 22 Oct 2006 16:10:23 +0200 From: Erwin Lansing <erwin@FreeBSD.org> To: stable@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Kernel not installed from CD Message-ID: <20061022141022.GB80328@droso.net> In-Reply-To: <20061022112716.GV80328@droso.net> References: <20061022112716.GV80328@droso.net>
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--yPSgZSQ6mfPWgZ9n Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sun, Oct 22, 2006 at 01:27:16PM +0200, Erwin Lansing wrote: > I haven't seen a report on this before, although I heard other people > being hit by the same problem before. Doing a fresh install from a BETA2 > cd forgets to install the kernel and modules to disk. Everything else is > installed just fine, so a simple copy of /dist/kernel/ to the installed > disk easily fixes the problem. A wild guess would be that this has > something to do with the SMP detection, although the first machine was > SMP and the second UP. If this already is reported and fixed, I'll just > shut up and get a newer BETA :-) >=20 This seems to be related to choosing a distribution in sysintall (developer, X-developer, User, ...) Without choosing one, no kernel is installed. I guess implicitly installing the smallest distribution when no distribution is chosen from the menu would solve this problem. Thanks to bram@diomedia.be for the suggestion. -erwin --=20 Erwin Lansing http://droso.org Security is like an onion. (o_ _o) It's made up of several layers \\\_\ /_/// erwin@FreeBSD.org And it makes you cry. <____) (____> erwin@aauug.dk --yPSgZSQ6mfPWgZ9n Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFFO3vOqy9aWxUlaZARArUnAJ4o6yASs1OavC9VkhBkSj3xB1CIMwCgoG4J wpONhegEj9WFsdmkUTJ4YDY= =l1IU -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --yPSgZSQ6mfPWgZ9n--
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