Date: Tue, 18 May 2004 05:48:16 -0400 From: Jud <judmarc@fastmail.fm> To: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Fwd: Re: New work on installer? Message-ID: <opr76v6qn90cf2rk@dialup-4.239.123.46.dial1.philadelphia1.level3.net> In-Reply-To: <opr76vlbqv0cf2rk@dialup-4.239.123.46.dial1.philadelphia1.level3.net> References: <006801c43bd4$49362fd0$6501a8c0@yourw92p4bhlzg> <20040517131956.GB91803@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk> <40A8B25F.8020409@slavepix.com> <20040517170919.GA302@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk> <opr76vlbqv0cf2rk@dialup-4.239.123.46.dial1.philadelphia1.level3.net>
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It appears I may have neglected to cc the list with my initial reply - if not, apologies in advance for any duplication. ------- Forwarded message ------- From: Jud <judmarc@fastmail.fm> To: "Matthew Seaman" <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk>, slave-mike <slave-mike@slavepix.com> Subject: Re: New work on installer? Date: Tue, 18 May 2004 05:35:25 -0400 On Mon, 17 May 2004 18:09:19 +0100, Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> wrote: > On Mon, May 17, 2004 at 12:38:55PM +0000, slave-mike wrote: >> If one were to *not* use the installer to setup a FreeBSD system, (aka, >> like *old* dos, each step done manually), what are the manual steps >> involved? > > It's not something that I have at my finger-tips, as there's generally > no need to install without the installer... However, an outline of > the process would be something like this: > > - Boot up system from removable media (CD-Rom, floppy disk), > or other external media (eg. Netboot (PXE)). > > - Slice and partition disk space appropriately > > - Install boot blocks or MBR if required > > - Create file systems on the partitions that require them. > Temporarily mount the new file systems so that they can be > written to. > > - Copy into place the kernel, kernel modules, the contents of the > system directories like /lib, /bin, /sbin. /usr/bin, /usr/sbin > This can be from a disk image or .tar file or similar on your > installation media, or from any other system accessible over the > network. > > - Edit the crucial configuration files (/etc/fstab, /etc/hosts, > /etc/resolv.conf, /etc/rc.conf, ...) with appropriate data for > the system. > > - Set a root password and possibly add other user accounts as > required. > > - Reboot DragonFlyBSD is a fork of FreeBSD 4.x that, last I looked, lacks sysinstall. Except for DragonFly's 'cpdup' command (for which one could substitute 'tar' or something similar, I suppose), these instructions for installing DragonFly should therefore fairly closely mirror a sysinstall-less FreeBSD install from a convenient ISO: <URL: http://www.dragonflybsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/~checkout~/src/nrelease/root/README?rev=1.12>; Jud
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