Oliver Fromme wrote:
Brandon Fosdick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> [...]
> Determined to press on I tried the "install from existing file
> system" option, w hich I had never noticed before. That didn't work
> since I had no idea what path to give it, or even if the flash drive
> had been mounted.
It depends on the FreeBSD version. Older versions mounted
it on /dist, if I remember correctly, but newer ones mount
it directly on /.
So assuming the flash is mounted as /, what path do I give sysinstall when it
asks? I've tried /, /dist and /mnt. None worked.
You can copy directly from the ISO to your flash drive,
excluding the things that you don't need (i.e. packages).
There's no need to make an additional copy on your HD.
For example:
# cd /cdrom; find . | grep -v /packages | cpio -dump /flash
That worked much better.
Thanks
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