Re: (6.2 install) Offering both install ISO's via nfs?

[Garrett Cooper]

On Jan 17, 2007, at 9:53 AM, Bill-Schoolcraft wrote:


At Wed, 17 Jan 2007 it looks like Garrett Cooper composed:


On Jan 16, 2007, at 10:43 PM, Bill-Schoolcraft wrote:


Hello Family,

Hmm, in doing installs with more than one install iso (disk-1 and
disk-2) via NFS I'm not clear on the instructions where it states to
simply "copy the FreeBSD distribution files..."

(question)

(A) Would that mean to copy the files from both install disks  
into one

common directory then export the directory via NFS?


Yes. That's the purpose of NFS installs. Directory heirachy (from the
release's directory), needs to be maintained though.

So the base directory would be similar to what's seen in
, where you'd  
have to create
a directory name that matches the release, then download all the  
items to your
subdirectory on the NFS share under the release directory that you  
want to

install (i.e. 6.2-RELEASE/base, etc).

Many people would just download their files from the FTP site and  
copy it to
their NFS share as I described above. That's what the handbook  
means AFAIK.




Thanks Garrett,

Now, just to confirm one thing...

On my NFS server I now have an exported directory called:

/mnt/6.2-RELEASE

Inside of that directory I have the full contents (not an iso  
image) of

the first install disk of FreeBSD-6.2, so far so good?

Now, for the remaining data on disk-2, which has a duplicate file like
disk-1 has called:

cdrom.inf

and a duplicate directory like disk-1 called:

packages

I figured I can rsync the second CD's contents of /packages into the
main tree but what about the conflicting two files both named
"cdrom.inf" ?

Will the installer be intuitive enough to not prompt for second CD  
when

looking for files that would normally reside there?

The reason I say that is that if one chooses to install, let's say,
mtools or the linux software out of "emulators" on the main menu &&  
you

put in the 2nd disk, it intuitively tells you that the packages are
"not" on disk-2, but disk-1.  So I'm thinking there is some residual
metadata that not only has the package name but the CD disk location
appended to in.  Similar to the disk shuffling one had to to before  
when

ejecting and injecting multiple CD's for previous installs on lets say
6.0 or 6.1

Thanks  again Garrett
(B) Mount each ISO in a loopback then export the two loopbacked  
ISO's

under each other in an exported parent directory?

TIA


Not possible with the basic FreeBSD installer disk, but maybe it's  
possible
with the FreeBSIE LiveCD, or a custom CD if you build in the  
relevant stuff
for a rescue shell; you'd still need to get at the iso somehow  
though, and
you'd have to make sure that ramdisk (that's the Linux name, but I  
forgot the
FreeBSD name right now?) support in order to mount an ISO image  
compiled into

your kernel.



-Garrett


--
Bill Schoolcraft <*> http://wiliweld.com
  ~
"Unix is very simple, but it takes a
genius to understand the simplicity."
 (Dennis Ritchie)



Well, that's part of the reason why I suggested copying stuff over to  
NFS from the FTP site, because the FTP site has all of the data that  
you need and none of the data that you don't need when setting up an  
NFS install. So, basically just refer to the FTP, check which files  
you need to install (base, etc), then later you can run sysinstall  
when you boot for the first time into multiuser mode (choose Post  
Installation Configuration, or whatever it's titled) to install the  
packages you like.

-Garrett
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Re: (6.2 install) Offering both install ISO's via nfs?

[Bill-Schoolcraft]

At Wed, 17 Jan 2007 it looks like Garrett Cooper composed:

> On Jan 16, 2007, at 10:43 PM, Bill-Schoolcraft wrote:
> 
> >Hello Family,
> >
> >Hmm, in doing installs with more than one install iso (disk-1 and
> >disk-2) via NFS I'm not clear on the instructions where it states to
> >simply "copy the FreeBSD distribution files..."
> >
> >(question)
> >
> >(A) Would that mean to copy the files from both install disks into one
> >common directory then export the directory via NFS?
> 
> Yes. That's the purpose of NFS installs. Directory heirachy (from the
> release's directory), needs to be maintained though.
> 
> So the base directory would be similar to what's seen in
> , where you'd have to create
> a directory name that matches the release, then download all the items to your
> subdirectory on the NFS share under the release directory that you want to
> install (i.e. 6.2-RELEASE/base, etc).
> 
> Many people would just download their files from the FTP site and copy it to
> their NFS share as I described above. That's what the handbook means AFAIK.
> 

Thanks Garrett,

Now, just to confirm one thing...

On my NFS server I now have an exported directory called:

/mnt/6.2-RELEASE

Inside of that directory I have the full contents (not an iso image) of
the first install disk of FreeBSD-6.2, so far so good?

Now, for the remaining data on disk-2, which has a duplicate file like
disk-1 has called:

cdrom.inf

and a duplicate directory like disk-1 called:

packages

I figured I can rsync the second CD's contents of /packages into the
main tree but what about the conflicting two files both named
"cdrom.inf" ?

Will the installer be intuitive enough to not prompt for second CD when
looking for files that would normally reside there?

The reason I say that is that if one chooses to install, let's say,
mtools or the linux software out of "emulators" on the main menu && you
put in the 2nd disk, it intuitively tells you that the packages are
"not" on disk-2, but disk-1.  So I'm thinking there is some residual
metadata that not only has the package name but the CD disk location
appended to in.  Similar to the disk shuffling one had to to before when
ejecting and injecting multiple CD's for previous installs on lets say
6.0 or 6.1

Thanks  again Garrett
> >(B) Mount each ISO in a loopback then export the two loopbacked ISO's
> >under each other in an exported parent directory?
> >
> >TIA
> 
> Not possible with the basic FreeBSD installer disk, but maybe it's possible
> with the FreeBSIE LiveCD, or a custom CD if you build in the relevant stuff
> for a rescue shell; you'd still need to get at the iso somehow though, and
> you'd have to make sure that ramdisk (that's the Linux name, but I forgot the
> FreeBSD name right now?) support in order to mount an ISO image compiled into
> your kernel.
> 
> 
> 
> -Garrett
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genius to understand the simplicity."
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Re: (6.2 install) Offering both install ISO's via nfs?

[Garrett Cooper]

On Jan 16, 2007, at 10:43 PM, Bill-Schoolcraft wrote:


Hello Family,

Hmm, in doing installs with more than one install iso (disk-1 and
disk-2) via NFS I'm not clear on the instructions where it states to
simply "copy the FreeBSD distribution files..."

(question)

(A) Would that mean to copy the files from both install disks into one
common directory then export the directory via NFS?


Yes. That's the purpose of NFS installs. Directory heirachy (from the  
release's directory), needs to be maintained though.


So the base directory would be similar to what's seen in ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/i386>, where you'd have to  
create a directory name that matches the release, then download all  
the items to your subdirectory on the NFS share under the release  
directory that you want to install (i.e. 6.2-RELEASE/base, etc).


Many people would just download their files from the FTP site and  
copy it to their NFS share as I described above. That's what the  
handbook means AFAIK.



(B) Mount each ISO in a loopback then export the two loopbacked ISO's
under each other in an exported parent directory?

TIA


Not possible with the basic FreeBSD installer disk, but maybe it's  
possible with the FreeBSIE LiveCD, or a custom CD if you build in the  
relevant stuff for a rescue shell; you'd still need to get at the iso  
somehow though, and you'd have to make sure that ramdisk (that's the  
Linux name, but I forgot the FreeBSD name right now?) support in  
order to mount an ISO image compiled into your kernel.




-Garrett
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