Re: Dfly 1.2 + Qemu don't cooperate

2005-09-27 Thread Vivek Ayer
Thanks, will do.

On 9/26/05, Scott Ullrich [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 Vivek Ayer wrote:
  Hi,
 
  I'm trying to install dfly via qemu in Arch Linux. I'm using the
  latest stable (1.2) of dfly. Unfortunately, during the install, I get
  an error about connecting to port  (pid 608) when trying to enter
  the bsd installer (ncurses) and I'm thrown back into console. Has
  anyone installed dfly on qemu and if so what's the procedure that I'd
  have to go through? Which release of dfly should I use? Latest CVS
  Snapshot? Qemu works fine for other things like NetBSD and I'll be
  trying FreeBSD 5.4 soon, but I'd like to get past this hurdle with the
  dfly install. Are there special parameters you have to run with qemu
  as you boot from the cdrom (image)? Thanks a lot. Help is appreciated.

 I have had this happen as well.  Generally if the loopback adaptor is
 not initialized correctly this could happen.   Another thing for you to
 try is to bring up a network interface before running the installer.
 IE: login as root and setup a interface with an ip then logout and log
 back in with installer.

 Scott




Dfly 1.2 + Qemu don't cooperate

2005-09-26 Thread Vivek Ayer
Hi,

I'm trying to install dfly via qemu in Arch Linux. I'm using the
latest stable (1.2) of dfly. Unfortunately, during the install, I get
an error about connecting to port  (pid 608) when trying to enter
the bsd installer (ncurses) and I'm thrown back into console. Has
anyone installed dfly on qemu and if so what's the procedure that I'd
have to go through? Which release of dfly should I use? Latest CVS
Snapshot? Qemu works fine for other things like NetBSD and I'll be
trying FreeBSD 5.4 soon, but I'd like to get past this hurdle with the
dfly install. Are there special parameters you have to run with qemu
as you boot from the cdrom (image)? Thanks a lot. Help is appreciated.

Vivek



Re: Dfly 1.2 + Qemu don't cooperate

2005-09-26 Thread Scott Ullrich

Vivek Ayer wrote:

Hi,

I'm trying to install dfly via qemu in Arch Linux. I'm using the
latest stable (1.2) of dfly. Unfortunately, during the install, I get
an error about connecting to port  (pid 608) when trying to enter
the bsd installer (ncurses) and I'm thrown back into console. Has
anyone installed dfly on qemu and if so what's the procedure that I'd
have to go through? Which release of dfly should I use? Latest CVS
Snapshot? Qemu works fine for other things like NetBSD and I'll be
trying FreeBSD 5.4 soon, but I'd like to get past this hurdle with the
dfly install. Are there special parameters you have to run with qemu
as you boot from the cdrom (image)? Thanks a lot. Help is appreciated.


I have had this happen as well.  Generally if the loopback adaptor is 
not initialized correctly this could happen.   Another thing for you to 
try is to bring up a network interface before running the installer. 
IE: login as root and setup a interface with an ip then logout and log 
back in with installer.


Scott