8.0 sysinstall problem with usb stick as source media and usb stick as install target

2010-01-13 Thread Fbsd1
I know the sysinstall pgm is a dinosaur that nobody wants to touch so I give Randi great respect in tackling it adding USB support in 8.0. Using 2 USB sticks. da0 2GB as the bootable install media and da1 4GB target device that freebsd is to be installed on. I have put the disc-1 iso onto a usb

Sysinstall problem with network settings

2005-02-08 Thread Psztor Richrd
I installed 4.11 Release recently. If i configure my network with sysinstall during the install procedure, everythin works fine. But if i skip network config, and want to do it after finishing setup, sysintall doesnt save my settings. I setup hostname, ip address, gateway, dns etc. then it asks

Re: Sysinstall problem with network settings

2005-02-08 Thread Kevin Kinsey
Psztor Richrd wrote: I installed 4.11 Release recently. If i configure my network with sysinstall during the install procedure, everythin works fine. But if i skip network config, and want to do it after finishing setup, sysintall doesnt save my settings. I setup hostname, ip address, gateway, dns

sysinstall problem

2004-10-26 Thread Leighton Reed
When I run Standard Installation from sysinstall I get the following error messages: -unable to make new root file system on /dev/ad0sla! command returned status 36 -Couldn't make filesystems properly. Aborting Can anyone recomend a fix? ___ [EMAIL

Re: sysinstall problem

2004-10-26 Thread Mark Frasa
On 2004.10.26 14:06:23 +, Leighton Reed wrote: When I run Standard Installation from sysinstall I get the following error messages: -unable to make new root file system on /dev/ad0sla! command returned status 36 -Couldn't make filesystems properly. Aborting Can anyone recomend a fix?

sysinstall problem

2004-09-08 Thread Gene Bomgardner
I've been trying to get the XFree86 distribution installed on my 5.2 box using sysinstall over FTP from several sites. Each time I get the message Add of package (various packages) aborted, Error code 1. Please check the debug screen for more details. My questions are: 1) What is error code 1?

Re: sysinstall problem

2004-09-08 Thread David Syphers
On Wednesday 08 September 2004 08:44 am, Gene Bomgardner wrote: I've been trying to get the XFree86 distribution installed on my 5.2 box using sysinstall over FTP from several sites. Each time I get the message Do you already have 5.2 installed and are going back into sysinstall, or are you

Re: sysinstall problem

2004-09-08 Thread Karl Swartz
Do you already have 5.2 installed and are going back into sysinstall, or are you installing 5.2 and trying to add the package at the same time? Also, is this really 5.2 or is it 5.2.1? I've experienced this same thing with 4.10. 2) What debug screen? Where is it? If you're installing,

Re: sysinstall problem

2004-09-08 Thread Gene Bomgardner
From: Karl Swartz [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: sysinstall problem Date: Wed, 8 Sep 2004 11:34:21 -0700 Do you already have 5.2 installed and are going back into sysinstall, or are you installing 5.2 and trying to add the package at the same time? Also, is this really

Re: sysinstall problem

2004-09-08 Thread Gene Bomgardner
From: David Syphers [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] CC: Gene Bomgardner [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: sysinstall problem Date: Wed, 8 Sep 2004 10:59:52 -0700 On Wednesday 08 September 2004 08:44 am, Gene Bomgardner wrote: I've been trying to get the XFree86 distribution installed on my

Re: sysinstall problem

2004-09-08 Thread David Syphers
On Wednesday 08 September 2004 12:05 pm, Gene Bomgardner wrote: Running 5.2.1. The package is found and downloaded before the error occurrs. In this particular case, it's fonts for XFree86, but the same occurrs for each package it tries to add. I wonder if I might be running up against

Re: sysinstall problem

2004-09-08 Thread Gene Bomgardner
From: David Syphers [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] CC: Gene Bomgardner [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: sysinstall problem Date: Wed, 8 Sep 2004 12:29:35 -0700 If you're running sysinstall as root, which is how you have to do it (it gives an error if you try to run it as a user

Re: sysinstall problem

2004-09-08 Thread David Syphers
On Wednesday 08 September 2004 12:57 pm, Gene Bomgardner wrote: I'm not sure how to use pkg_add directly to install the entire XFree86 distribution. I suspect it's not a single package. Is there a list somewhere? XFree86 is in