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From: z056716@uprc.com (LaCoursiere J. D. (Jeff))
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions
Subject: Re: FBSD 2.0 Install Prolems
Date: 27 Dec 1994 20:10:29 GMT
Organization: Union Pacific Resources Corp.
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References: <3d7767$h4j@pdq.coe.montana.edu>
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In article h4j@pdq.coe.montana.edu, nate@bsd.coe.montana.edu (Nate Williams) writes:
>In article <3cn81l$mpo@usenet.ins.cwru.edu>,
>Kair-Chuan Lim <dh950@cleveland.Freenet.Edu> wrote:
>>
>>I am trying to install FreeBSD 2.0R and ran in to some problems.
>>The install setup screen was great and the filesystems and cpio
>>installed correctly and with exceptional ease.
>>
>>However when I tried to install the rest of the bindist from DOS
>>floppies I get and eror message "cannot cd to /mnt/bindist"
>>
This was pretty annoying. I got around it like this:
(installing a machine over NFS from a mounted CD on a 1.1.5.1 machine, the trick
being the use of sym links to trick the installation procedure - I'm sure you
could do something similar for the DOS diskette problem)
First I attempted install by NFS and answered all the network questions
to easily get my ethernet configured and up.
(from a subshell of the installation program - hit ESC twice)
horizon# mount nebula:/mnt /mnt2 (mount mount point of FreeBSD CD on nebula)
horizon# mkdir -p /mnt/bindist
horizon# cd /mnt/bindist
now make a symbolic link for all the files but the distribution files themselves
in /mnt/bindist and have them point to the actual files in /mnt2/bindist . Won't
do explicit refs for the commands here, as this is from memory :->
horizon# ln -s /mnt2/bindist /mnt/bindist/bindist (kludgy, huh?)
horizon# ln -s /mnt2/srcdist /mnt/bindist/srcdist
etc, etc, for all packages you want to install. Apparently the CKSUMS and all
that you linked above are only necessary for the bindist. I did the rest of the
sets by just linking in the directory, as you see for srcdist above.
horizon# exit (back to menu shell)
now do an install via hard disk. It will drop you into a shell. exit the shell.
Now pick a distribution and you're off and running. The _coolest_ part of this
new-fangled install program is the seamlessness I observed when I realized I needed
the DES stuff off the walnut creek archive. Finished the last set by disk (by
NFS, by CDROM :->), and chose FTP mode. Selected a site and about 5 mins later
the damn thing was completely installed. Hats off to a giant leap forward.
j
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