tl;dr - I'm trying to install the Wheezy version of kFreeBSD with Xfce, but have run into the following issues.
Location of Official Installer Unclear Keyboard Layout Sometimes Not Set Correctly Hard Disk Waring Bad Default Mirror 8/9 Mix Doesn't Boot 8 Installs 9 Xorg Black Screen Inconsistent Default Volatile Repository CD Repository Not Disabled After Install ----- Like i said above, I'm trying to install the Wheezy version of kFreeBSD with Xfce, but have run into a few issues. Some of the points are from memory, but most everything here I have noticed within the past couple of days. I am installing on VirtualBox 4.2 on a Debian Wheezy host with the FreeBSD 64-bit guest hardware profile with the guest hardware time set to UTC time in VirtualBox. While installing I usually selected the volatile update repository if it wasn't already selected, but a few times I may have not selected it if it wasn't already selected. Location of Official Installer Unclear This kFreeBSD FAQ page ( http://wiki.debian.org/Debian_GNU/kFreeBSD_FAQ ) links to this kFreeBSD wiki page ( http://wiki.debian.org/Debian_GNU/kFreeBSD ) with download links to x86 and x64 Squeeze mini.iso images. It also links to a folder containing many different daily mini.iso images. While on IRC I found out that there are also CD images ( http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/weekly-builds/kfreebsd-amd64/iso-cd/debian-testing-kfreebsd-amd64-xfce-CD-1.iso ), which I think are probably more of what I'm looking for. I think that the wiki page with the download links should probably link to the weekly CD images either instead of or in addition to the daily mini.iso images. Keyboard Layout Sometimes Not Set Correctly This Squeeze mini.iso installer ( http://ftp.nl.debian.org/debian/dists/squeeze/main/installer-kfreebsd-amd64/current/images/netboot/mini.iso ) doesn't ask for the keyboard layout during the installer. This daily mini.iso installer ( http://d-i.debian.org/daily-images/kfreebsd-amd64/daily/netboot/mini.iso ) asks for the keyboard layout, but doesn't set it during the install, at least not for Dvorak. This daily mini.iso installer ( http://d-i.debian.org/daily-images/kfreebsd-amd64/daily/netboot-9/mini.iso ) asks for the keyboard layout and correctly sets it during the install. This weekly CD installer ( http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/weekly-builds/kfreebsd-amd64/iso-cd/debian-testing-kfreebsd-amd64-xfce-CD-1.iso ) asks for the keyboard layout, but only sets it correctly if the kFreeBSD 9 option is selected before installing. Hard Disk Waring While installing as a guest in VirtualBox 4.2, the kFreeBSD 9 installer prints the following hard disk warning before partitioning. ----- [!] Partition disks Could not get identity of device /dev/ada0 - Inappropriate ioctl for device Warning! Ignore Cancel <Go Back> ----- Bad Default Mirror The default mirror fails with a red 'Bad archive mirror' error page. This happens with both the kFreeBSD 9 installers, I'm not sure about the other installers. The default mirror location is http://ftp.us.debian.org 8/9 Mix Doesn't Boot When I tried to install the Squeeze kFreeBSD kernel version 8 with the mini.iso, it dropped me to a mountroot prompt after install. 8 Installs 9 When I tried to install the kFreeBSD kernel version 8, it installed the kFreeBSD kernel version 9. It seems that kfreebsd-image-8-amd64 depends on kfreebsd-image-9-amd64. I think that the CD images may not ask for which repository to select because I ended up with Wheezy even though I was going for Squeeze during this particular installation. Xorg Black Screen So far when I have tried to install Xfce it has not worked while using the Wheezy repository. It changes the guest screen resolution in VirtualBox, but it only displays a black screen. I can still switch to the terminal screens. I think I've tried installing it from the mini.iso images and after installing from the mini.iso images. I haven't tried it during or after the CD installation, but I'm currently experimenting with the CD image installer. Inconsistent Default Volatile Repository Some of the installers, but I'm not sure which ones, have the volatile updates repository selected by default and some don't have it selected by default. This may be intentional, but it seemed inconsistent to me. CD Repository Not Disabled After Install I think this is something that may have been fixed in non-kFreeBSD Debian not too long ago, but anyway, after I installed from the CD image, The CD repository didn't get disabled after the install. It should be disabled after the initial installation. Actually, the CD repository was listed twice in /etc/apt/sources.list as follows. ----- # # deb cdrom... deb cdrom... deb http... ... ----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/ca+4ecjnuqy-83prv7_b0e0frg_f_qsqormouucjdjkddogx...@mail.gmail.com
