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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.wildstar.net!news.ececs.uc.edu!newsfeeds.sol.net!ix.netcom.com!news.alt.net!newspost1.alt.net!pavanas From: pavanas@nomina.ccia.com (pavanas abludo incusus) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: infinite loop in sysinstall Date: 9 May 1997 17:57:09 GMT Organization: Aragorn Asteria Lines: 50 Message-ID: <slrn5n6pbj.sk4.pavanas@nomina.ccia.com> References: <5kije3$7ke$2@news9.gte.net> <336D27CA.167EB0E7@FreeBSD.org> <slrn5mupgs.1mq.pavanas@nomina.ccia.com> Reply-To: pavanas@smalt.net X-Newsreader: slrn (0.9.3.2 UNIX) Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:40649 On 6 May 1997 17:10:33 GMT, pavanas abludo incusus <pavanas@nomina.ccia.com> mused and hath written: this is an update. >On Sun, 04 May 1997 17:20:26 -0700, > Jordan K. Hubbard <jkh@FreeBSD.org> mused and hath written: > >>gary brant wrote: >> >just spent the last several days installing FreeBSD-2.2.1 on two hdds. >(1st and 3rd booteasy on 1st) installing BSD on the 2nd hdd is not worth >the effort. i did notice one particular point that did lunch the install - >installing mingetty. after restarting (shutdown -r now) then returning to >/stand/sysinstall i skipped that and installed the packages one group at a >time i.e. networks, editors etc and it all went well. it may seem tedious >but it worked. tedium beats the endless install reinstall cycle. >> well it now appears that it is not a specific package that lunches the installation process. it just happens? on a running system i was attempting with /stand/sysinstall to add the Linux lib pkg (from memory may not be exact name) and i got the message file system full. oops. i checked with `df' and saw `/ Capacity 109%'. that was that. does anyone know why? it does become a little old to keep re-doing the install. the option choice was /tmp/usr. is it better to use the 2nd cdrom with the live file system? > >now all i need to do is figure out how to fire up pppd and get connected. > >btw once the concept sinks in the `stand/sysinstall' setup is great. > the `stand/sysinstall' is great when it works. it is a horror when something goes awry. >>-- >>- Jordan Hubbard >> FreeBSD core team / Walnut Creek CDROM. > > >cheers > >(if you can read the path you can figure out the address) -- IHS pavanas The secret thoughts of a man run over all things, holy, profane, clean, obscene, grave, and light, without shame of blame. Hobbs