Date: Fri, 5 Aug 2011 17:58:06 +0200 From: Lars Engels <lars.engels@0x20.net> To: Marc Fonvieille <blackend@freebsd.org> Cc: Bruce Cran <bruce@cran.org.uk>, freebsd-current@freebsd.org, Nathan Whitehorn <nwhitehorn@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: 9.0-BETA1 installer issues Message-ID: <20110805155806.GE22122@e-new.0x20.net> In-Reply-To: <20110803190322.GD1973@emphyrio.blackend.org> References: <4E37C634.6090002@cran.org.uk> <4E37FD41.4070601@freebsd.org> <20110803182834.GC1973@emphyrio.blackend.org> <20110803190322.GD1973@emphyrio.blackend.org>
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--LVR+8coIF8rm+jIU Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, Aug 03, 2011 at 09:03:22PM +0200, Marc Fonvieille wrote: > On Wed, Aug 03, 2011 at 08:28:34PM +0200, Marc Fonvieille wrote: > > On Tue, Aug 02, 2011 at 08:36:01AM -0500, Nathan Whitehorn wrote: > > > On 08/02/11 04:41, Bruce Cran wrote: > > > > I've been trying out 9.0-BETA1: it's a lot easier to install than= =20 > > > > previous releases with bsdinstall, but I spotted a few issues: > > >=20 > > > Good! Thanks for checking. > > >=20 > > > > Typo - "Resovler Configuration". > > > > If I leave the resolver window for a while it gets corrupted with: > > > > > > > > Aug 2 10:31:23 dhclient[973]: Bogus domain search list 15: lan, ...= =2E. > > >=20 > > > Interesting. It looks like DHCP doesn't like your local setup... > > >=20 > > > > In the documentation installation screen, it should say "At a=20 > > > > minimum..." - the 'a' is missing. Also, there should perhaps be a= =20 > > > > semi-colon between "English version" and "this is the original". T= he=20 > > > > menu also doesn't appear to do anything once you select "OK". > > >=20 > > > The spelling fixes are easy to fix. The documentation issue is more= =20 > > > confusing. It should begin running pkg_add, after you press OK, assum= ing=20 > > > you selected something. Do you have the installer log handy? It will = be=20 > > > in /tmp. > > > > > [...] > >=20 > > Hmm I think it's "default" PACKAGESITE env variable pointing on > > non-existing > > ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/<arch>/packages-9-beta1/Latest/ > > >=20 > I'm wrong, I did an install and same behavior as Bruce. > I looked in /tmp/bsdinstall_log: >=20 > Running installation step: docsintall > pkg_add: unable to fetch 'ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/amd64/p= ackages-9-current/Latest/en-freebsd-doc.tbz' by URL ^^^^^^ I haven't looked at bsdinstall lately, but IIRC there's no dialog that offers a mirror selection? It would be nice to select a nearby server. --LVR+8coIF8rm+jIU Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.17 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAk48Ew4ACgkQKc512sD3afh/vgCgwhNUlhj22ZHv1BABqQZwxru5 cvIAoJE9kd5+dhvmFvaX+YxKPsM3gZkL =bfFg -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --LVR+8coIF8rm+jIU--
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