Re: mounting a .iso image? ... missing man page

2013-10-09 Thread cary
knowing it's possible is a start; > couldn't figure out where to look to get the magic combination. > >> It is possible by using a virtual node "connected" to the >> ISO file. Without having tested, according to your example: >> >> # mdconfig -

Re: mounting a .iso image? ... missing man page

2013-10-09 Thread Polytropon
On Wed, 09 Oct 2013 22:18:41 -0600, Gary Aitken wrote: > for the record, that's: > mdconfig -a -t vnode -u 0 -f Correct, I noticed too late that -a was missing. But "man mdconfig" mentions all parts that are needed. :-) > > # mount -o ro -t cd9660 /dev/md0 /mnt/tmp > >

Re: mounting a .iso image? ... missing man page

2013-10-09 Thread Gary Aitken
figure out where to look to get the magic combination. > It is possible by using a virtual node "connected" to the > ISO file. Without having tested, according to your example: > > # mdconfig -u 0 -t vnode -f > /hd1/Downloads/FreeBSD/9_1/FreeBSD-9.1-RELEASE-amd64-

Re: mounting a .iso image? ... missing man page

2013-10-09 Thread Polytropon
On Wed, 09 Oct 2013 21:14:22 -0600, Gary Aitken wrote: > Seems like it must be possible to mount a cd9660 image somehow without > burning an actual disc? Of course. :-) It is possible by using a virtual node "connected" to the ISO file. Without having tested, according

Re: mounting a .iso image? ... missing man page

2013-10-09 Thread dweimer
can't find the CD I burned...). #mount -t cd9660 -o ro FreeBSD-9.1-RELEASE-amd64-disc1.iso /mnt/tmp mount_cd9660: /hd1/Downloads/FreeBSD/9_1/FreeBSD-9.1-RELEASE-amd64-disc1.iso: Block device required Seems like it must be possible to mount a cd9660 image somehow without burning an actual d

mounting a .iso image? ... missing man page

2013-10-09 Thread Gary Aitken
-t cd9660 -o ro FreeBSD-9.1-RELEASE-amd64-disc1.iso /mnt/tmp mount_cd9660: /hd1/Downloads/FreeBSD/9_1/FreeBSD-9.1-RELEASE-amd64-disc1.iso: Block device required Seems like it must be possible to mount a cd9660 image somehow without burning an actual d

Re: gptid's in fstab while installing FreeBSD using ISO

2013-10-04 Thread Polytropon
On Fri, 4 Oct 2013 20:04:09 +0530, varanasi sainath wrote: > Hi All, > > How do I get gptid's as default in fstab while installing using FreeBSD iso > file (Virtual,machine installation) ? > Is this possible currently? As far as I know, the installer "bsdinstall"

gptid's in fstab while installing FreeBSD using ISO

2013-10-04 Thread varanasi sainath
Hi All, How do I get gptid's as default in fstab while installing using FreeBSD iso file (Virtual,machine installation) ? Is this possible currently? if not how do I achieve this? I use guided partitioning while installing - If I were to tweak in to the source code which files or drivers I s

Re: Custom release ISO questions.

2013-09-04 Thread Sergey
gt;> Hi all! >> >> Is there a way to create custom ISO without buildworld? >> I just want to edit some configs and bsdinstall scripts for silent >> automated install - why need to recompile whole world? >> It will be great if you'll share some useful links about th

Re: Custom release ISO questions.

2013-09-04 Thread Frank Leonhardt
On 04/09/2013 13:17, Paul Wootton wrote: On 09/04/13 10:27, Sergey wrote: Hi all! Is there a way to create custom ISO without buildworld? I just want to edit some configs and bsdinstall scripts for silent automated install - why need to recompile whole world? It will be great if you'll

Re: Custom release ISO questions.

2013-09-04 Thread Paul Wootton
On 09/04/13 10:27, Sergey wrote: Hi all! Is there a way to create custom ISO without buildworld? I just want to edit some configs and bsdinstall scripts for silent automated install - why need to recompile whole world? It will be great if you'll share some useful links about this pr

Custom release ISO questions.

2013-09-04 Thread Sergey
Hi all! Is there a way to create custom ISO without buildworld? I just want to edit some configs and bsdinstall scripts for silent automated install - why need to recompile whole world? It will be great if you'll share some useful links about this process. T

9.2-BETA1 iso is available

2013-07-27 Thread Fbsd8
Just down loaded the 9.2-BETA1 iso. Thought others would be interested to know it is available. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "fr

Re: How to create NanoBSD iso image to install NanoBSD on vmware machine?

2013-07-15 Thread Ganesh Borse
from cd9660:/dev/iso9660/nanoISO [ro]... Thanks On Mon, Jul 15, 2013 at 3:56 PM, Olivier Nicole wrote: > Ganesh, > > > I am new to Nanobsd and trying to create an iso image which can be > > installed on vmware machine. > > > > I created an iso image usin

Re: How to create NanoBSD iso image to install NanoBSD on vmware machine?

2013-07-15 Thread Olivier Nicole
Ganesh, > I am new to Nanobsd and trying to create an iso image which can be > installed on vmware machine. > > I created an iso image using the disk image > (/usr/obj/nanobsd.full/_.disk.image) generated according to steps > given in NanoBSD > How To <http://www.fre

How to create NanoBSD iso image to install NanoBSD on vmware machine?

2013-07-15 Thread Ganesh Borse
Dear Friends, I am new to Nanobsd and trying to create an iso image which can be installed on vmware machine. I created an iso image using the disk image (/usr/obj/nanobsd.full/_.disk.image) generated according to steps given in NanoBSD How To <http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/articles/nano

Re: difference img \ iso

2013-05-02 Thread Polytropon
On Thu, 2 May 2013 19:03:00 +0600, Osinnyy Bogdan wrote: > Hi there. > > I just want to try some freebsd and get stunned by choosing what release I > should to download\install. > > So I ask you: what difference between iso\img, I mean, If I download > dvd1.iso and

Re: (fwd) difference img \ iso

2013-05-02 Thread ljboiler
> Hi there. > > I just want to try some freebsd and get stunned by choosing what release I > should to download\install. > > So I ask you: what difference between iso\img, I mean, If I download > dvd1.iso and mount it on USB drive => starting installation, what differen

difference img \ iso

2013-05-02 Thread Osinnyy Bogdan
Hi there. I just want to try some freebsd and get stunned by choosing what release I should to download\install. So I ask you: what difference between iso\img, I mean, If I download dvd1.iso and mount it on USB drive => starting installation, what difference between this method and by us

Re: Can an ISO file be mounted from /etc/fstab at boot?

2013-03-18 Thread Ruben de Groot
On Fri, Mar 15, 2013 at 04:04:23PM -0400, Lowell Gilbert typed: > Oscar Hodgson writes: > > > I'm pretty sure the answer is "no, just write a local rc script to do > > that", but thought I'd check. > > > > Can't see any hint of that capability in the handbook or fstab(5). > > > > Really just look

Re: Can an ISO file be mounted from /etc/fstab at boot?

2013-03-15 Thread Lowell Gilbert
Oscar Hodgson writes: > I'm pretty sure the answer is "no, just write a local rc script to do > that", but thought I'd check. > > Can't see any hint of that capability in the handbook or fstab(5). > > Really just looking for a single point of management for file systems I don't see a way of

Can an ISO file be mounted from /etc/fstab at boot?

2013-03-15 Thread Oscar Hodgson
I'm pretty sure the answer is "no, just write a local rc script to do that", but thought I'd check. Can't see any hint of that capability in the handbook or fstab(5). Really just looking for a single point of management for file systems Thanks in advance. Oscar

Re: Duplicate files on distro ISO

2013-01-12 Thread Polytropon
On Sat, 12 Jan 2013 02:37:49 -0500, Christian Campbell wrote: > I just tried creating a bootable USB stick with UNetbootin > from FreeBSD-9.1-RELEASE-i386-dvd1.iso. The stick was blank (newly > formatted). Formatted with _which_ file system? I'm asking because of this: > 2. Th

Re: Duplicate files on distro ISO

2013-01-12 Thread Herbert J. Skuhra
On Sat, 12 Jan 2013 02:37:49 -0500 Christian Campbell wrote: > I just tried creating a bootable USB stick with UNetbootin > from FreeBSD-9.1-RELEASE-i386-dvd1.iso. The stick was blank (newly > formatted). While UNetbootin worked it asked about overwriting the > following files: Why

Duplicate files on distro ISO

2013-01-11 Thread Christian Campbell
I just tried creating a bootable USB stick with UNetbootin from FreeBSD-9.1-RELEASE-i386-dvd1.iso. The stick was blank (newly formatted). While UNetbootin worked it asked about overwriting the following files: > /usr/bin/cc /usr/bin/cc /usr/bin/mail /usr/share/man/man1/cc.1.gz /usr/share/

making a custom iso

2012-12-17 Thread Omer Faruk SEN
Hi , I have just build a custom iso using cd /usr svn co http://svn.freebsd.org/base/stable/9 src cd src make buildworld buildkernel cd release make release make install DESTDIR=/var/freebsd-snapshot Svn Revision is

Custom ISO mount script problem

2012-11-13 Thread dweimer
I have a server that I use to host ISO images, and mount them so they are available via network shares. I ran into a problem today, I temporarily made an ISO image accessible via a md device and mounted it under /mnt just to check the data on the ISO image. My ISO mount script ran its

Re: Burning .iso DVD's

2012-11-03 Thread Rick Miller
On Fri, Nov 2, 2012 at 5:12 PM, Al Plant wrote: > > Aloha, > > I am not able to get a successfull burn of .iso DVD's 9.0 or higher > FreeBSD. > > > Chapter 19.7 ... of Handbook says to use growisofs with ATAPI support same > as I do for 7.* 8.* FreeBSD etc. > &

Re: Burning .iso DVD's

2012-11-02 Thread Waitman Gobble
On Nov 2, 2012 2:18 PM, "Al Plant" wrote: > > > Aloha, > > I am not able to get a successfull burn of .iso DVD's 9.0 or higher FreeBSD. > > > Chapter 19.7 ... of Handbook says to use growisofs with ATAPI support same as I do for 7.* 8.* FreeBSD etc. >

Burning .iso DVD's

2012-11-02 Thread Al Plant
Aloha, I am not able to get a successfull burn of .iso DVD's 9.0 or higher FreeBSD. Chapter 19.7 ... of Handbook says to use growisofs with ATAPI support same as I do for 7.* 8.* FreeBSD etc. I get error of no growisofs ..when I run growisofs -dvd-compat -Z /dev/cd0=image.iso

Re: 8.3 stable or 9.0 stable amd64 iso with mfi driver changes of May 18, 2012

2012-09-14 Thread Jean Christofferson
Kevin, Thank you for your response. It is great to get confirmation and I will try with 9.1-RC1 I DO have on board Broadcom 5720 NIC. Nice to know what my next problem is likely to be. Hopefully that will be easy to solve if I install another NIC card. Thanks! Jean Jean Christoffe

8.3 stable or 9.0 stable amd64 iso with mfi driver changes of May 18, 2012

2012-09-14 Thread Jean Christofferson
ere some place I can download an amd63 iso that was includes the mfi driver update done on May 18, 2012? Or perhaps that is not really the issue at all - any help that anyone can provide will be welcome! Thanks, Jean Jean Christofferson je...@relevantpower.com Relevant Po

Re: Virtual FreeBSD9.0 ISO Image Won't Mount Root FS

2012-09-05 Thread Ryan Frederick
What option argument did you specify for the -V (volume ID) option when you created the ISO with the `mkisofs` command? I believe that the root filesystem lies under /dev/iso9660/ for which the ISO loader's default configuration specifies as /dev/iso9660/FREEBSD_INSTALL. Thus you'

Virtual FreeBSD9.0 ISO Image Won't Mount Root FS

2012-09-05 Thread Martin McCormick
The ISO image is the FreeBSD9.0 bootonly CDROM for amd64 systems. I added loader.conf to /boot in order to activate a serial console and this along with socat appears to be working as it should. This is great because remote desktop is not an option. The VM boot starts normally

Re: iso image question

2012-08-26 Thread John Levine
In article you write: >I have a CD that was burned (but not labeled so well). Is is possible to tell >if >this is an i386 or amd64 image? Sure. Mount it, do a "file" on some of the programs in /bin and see whether they're i386 or x86-64 code. R's, John ___

iso image question

2012-08-26 Thread doug
I have a CD that was burned (but not labeled so well). Is is possible to tell if this is an i386 or amd64 image? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to

Re: New iso format on 9.0

2012-02-21 Thread egoitz
On Tue, 21 Feb 2012 11:31:23 -0800, Robison, Dave wrote: On 02/21/2012 10:28, Devin Teske wrote: Why can't you mount the disc on /mnt and then use tar after mounting the disk to copy the files from /mnt to /destdir ... tar cpf - -C /mnt . | tar xvpf - -C /destdir That will preserve hard links

Re: New iso format on 9.0

2012-02-21 Thread Robison, Dave
On 02/21/2012 10:28, Devin Teske wrote: > Why can't you mount the disc on /mnt and then use tar after mounting the disk > to copy the files from /mnt to /destdir ... > > tar cpf - -C /mnt . | tar xvpf - -C /destdir > > That will preserve hard links, symlinks, permissions, and times (and doesn't >

RE: New iso format on 9.0

2012-02-21 Thread Devin Teske
> -Original Message- > From: owner-freebsd-questi...@freebsd.org [mailto:owner-freebsd- > questi...@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of ego...@ramattack.net > Sent: Tuesday, February 21, 2012 10:14 AM > To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Subject: RE: New iso format on 9.0 >

Re: New iso format on 9.0

2012-02-21 Thread jb
Devin Teske fisglobal.com> writes: > > > > -Original Message- > > From: owner-freebsd-questions freebsd.org [mailto:owner-freebsd- > > questions freebsd.org] On Behalf Of jb > > Sent: Tuesday, February 21, 2012 9:53 AM > > To: freebsd-question

RE: New iso format on 9.0

2012-02-21 Thread egoitz
really for you're answers. Yes... I know the way you can mount an iso image (I have done a couple of times yesterday in fact)... but I'm really worried about how making a consistent copy of it like I did with tar... as I said this is for an unattended installation system... so I

RE: New iso format on 9.0

2012-02-21 Thread Devin Teske
> -Original Message- > From: owner-freebsd-questi...@freebsd.org [mailto:owner-freebsd- > questi...@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of jb > Sent: Tuesday, February 21, 2012 9:53 AM > To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Subject: Re: New iso format on 9.0 > >

Re: New iso format on 9.0

2012-02-21 Thread jb
ramattack.net> writes: > > Good morning, > > Previously I was doing a : 'tar -C /expert/netboot/freebsd8 -pxvf > 8.0-RELEASE-amd64-disc1.iso' for extracting iso files. > ... There is a simple way to access contents of an iso file: #

Re: New iso format on 9.0

2012-02-21 Thread egoitz
On Tue, 21 Feb 2012 13:33:56 +, Matthew Seaman wrote: On 21/02/2012 12:46, ego...@ramattack.net wrote: Previously I was doing a : 'tar -C /expert/netboot/freebsd8 -pxvf 8.0-RELEASE-amd64-disc1.iso' for extracting iso files. Now due to a different way of creating iso files i

Re: New iso format on 9.0

2012-02-21 Thread Matthew Seaman
On 21/02/2012 12:46, ego...@ramattack.net wrote: > Previously I was doing a : 'tar -C /expert/netboot/freebsd8 -pxvf > 8.0-RELEASE-amd64-disc1.iso' for extracting iso files. Now due to a > different way of creating iso files in this new release... have read > this is not reco

New iso format on 9.0

2012-02-21 Thread egoitz
Good morning, Previously I was doing a : 'tar -C /expert/netboot/freebsd8 -pxvf 8.0-RELEASE-amd64-disc1.iso' for extracting iso files. Now due to a different way of creating iso files in this new release... have read this is not recommended and in fact it does not work pretty

which media type I must use when booting ISO from grub

2012-02-16 Thread Коньков Евгений
HI I want to install freebse and boot it from grub as: title FreeBSD 8.0 (USB) map --mem (hd0,0)/iso/FreeBSD8.iso (hd32) map --hook chainloader (hd32) boot Which media type I must use when choosing 'media type' in menu? as one way to solve problem is extract 8.2-RELEASE an

Re: FreeBSD custom CD and extra files to be included in the iso

2012-02-05 Thread Amitabh Kant
On Sat, Feb 4, 2012 at 9:46 PM, Devin Teske wrote: > > On Feb 4, 2012, at 1:37 AM, Amitabh Kant wrote: > > On Sat, Feb 4, 2012 at 2:50 PM, Amitabh Kant > wrote: > > I have been able to use the "make release" command to create a custom iso > > for FreeB

Re: FreeBSD custom CD and extra files to be included in the iso

2012-02-04 Thread Devin Teske
On Feb 4, 2012, at 1:37 AM, Amitabh Kant wrote: > On Sat, Feb 4, 2012 at 2:50 PM, Amitabh Kant wrote: > >> I have been able to use the "make release" command to create a custom iso >> for FreeBSD which includes some changes to the various bsdinstall scripts. >

Re: FreeBSD custom CD and extra files to be included in the iso

2012-02-04 Thread Amitabh Kant
On Sat, Feb 4, 2012 at 2:50 PM, Amitabh Kant wrote: > I have been able to use the "make release" command to create a custom iso > for FreeBSD which includes some changes to the various bsdinstall scripts. > It all works well as the iso / memory stick images / ftp files are >

FreeBSD custom CD and extra files to be included in the iso

2012-02-04 Thread Amitabh Kant
I have been able to use the "make release" command to create a custom iso for FreeBSD which includes some changes to the various bsdinstall scripts. It all works well as the iso / memory stick images / ftp files are generated and usable. What I would now like to do is try adding coupl

Re: mkisofs increasing iso size by 100 MB

2012-01-12 Thread Amitabh Kant
On Thu, Jan 12, 2012 at 2:48 PM, Amitabh Kant wrote: > On Wed, Jan 11, 2012 at 9:49 PM, Jan Henrik Sylvester wrote: > >> On 01/-10/-28163 20:59, Amitabh Kant wrote: >> >>> I am trying to customise the bsdinstall auto script. I can mount the iso >>> (amd6

Re: mkisofs increasing iso size by 100 MB

2012-01-12 Thread Amitabh Kant
On Wed, Jan 11, 2012 at 9:49 PM, Jan Henrik Sylvester wrote: > On 01/-10/-28163 20:59, Amitabh Kant wrote: > >> I am trying to customise the bsdinstall auto script. I can mount the iso >> (amd64 arch / 9.0 RELEASE) and change the shell script as per my >> requirement. Onc

Re: mkisofs increasing iso size by 100 MB

2012-01-11 Thread Jan Henrik Sylvester
On 01/-10/-28163 20:59, Amitabh Kant wrote: I am trying to customise the bsdinstall auto script. I can mount the iso (amd64 arch / 9.0 RELEASE) and change the shell script as per my requirement. Once I try to re-create the iso file using mkisofs utility, the size of the final iso increases by

mkisofs increasing iso size by 100 MB

2012-01-11 Thread Amitabh Kant
I am trying to customise the bsdinstall auto script. I can mount the iso (amd64 arch / 9.0 RELEASE) and change the shell script as per my requirement. Once I try to re-create the iso file using mkisofs utility, the size of the final iso increases by 100 MB if -J (joliet) mode is used. If I remove

Re: creating a bootable iso for raid BIOS flash

2012-01-10 Thread Marco Beishuizen
On Sun, 8 Jan 2012, the wise Polytropon wrote: Does this image boot successfully? Unfortunately this is also a no go. I think Intel has done something special to their iso's, considering that I'm missing 7MB of data. Regards, Marco -- Men have as exaggerated an idea of their rights as wom

Re: creating a bootable iso for raid BIOS flash

2012-01-07 Thread Marco Beishuizen
On Sun, 8 Jan 2012, the wise Polytropon wrote: Does this image boot successfully? I don't know yet because I've used all my cd-r's :-(. Within a few days I'm expecting some new cd-rw's and I'll let you know how things went. If you compare your ISO with the o

Re: creating a bootable iso for raid BIOS flash

2012-01-07 Thread Polytropon
no-emul-boot. If the > > system should not boot off the emulated disk, use -no-boot. > > > > is mentioned. Maybe consider using -G instead of -b? > > I tried the -G option and removed the -hard-disk-boot option and now it > created an iso without errors. Th

Re: creating a bootable iso for raid BIOS flash

2012-01-07 Thread Marco Beishuizen
d one of the options: -hard-disk-boot or -no-emul-boot. If the system should not boot off the emulated disk, use -no-boot. is mentioned. Maybe consider using -G instead of -b? I tried the -G option and removed the -hard-disk-boot option and now it created an iso without

Re: creating a bootable iso for raid BIOS flash

2012-01-07 Thread Polytropon
On Fri, 6 Jan 2012 17:22:57 +0100 (CET), Marco Beishuizen wrote: > After that I tried to create the iso with: > root@yokozuna:/data2/tmp# mkisofs -r -J -b [BOOT]/Bootable_HardDisk.img > -hard-disk-boot -o raid.iso /data2/tmp > which gives an error: mkisofs: No match > > F

Re: SSH Access To Live CD? (Was Re: FBSD-9.0-RC3 Disk 1 ISO Bootable?)

2012-01-06 Thread Коньков Евгений
Здравствуйте, Drew. Вы писали 6 января 2012 г., 23:44:28: DT> On 1/6/2012 12:07 PM, Al Plant wrote: >> per...@pluto.rain.com wrote: >>> Al Plant wrote: >>> I accessed the sshd from the new install screen as an option when I loaded it on the test box. I had to set up the lan manually to

SSH Access To Live CD? (Was Re: FBSD-9.0-RC3 Disk 1 ISO Bootable?)

2012-01-06 Thread Drew Tomlinson
On 1/6/2012 12:07 PM, Al Plant wrote: per...@pluto.rain.com wrote: Al Plant wrote: I accessed the sshd from the new install screen as an option when I loaded it on the test box. I had to set up the lan manually to first get it up. Then you should be able to use ssh. I take it you either arr

Re: FBSD-9.0-RC3 Disk 1 ISO Bootable?

2012-01-06 Thread Al Plant
per...@pluto.rain.com wrote: Al Plant wrote: I accessed the sshd from the new install screen as an option when I loaded it on the test box. I had to set up the lan manually to first get it up. Then you should be able to use ssh. I take it you either arranged for ssh to accept a direct root l

creating a bootable iso for raid BIOS flash

2012-01-06 Thread Marco Beishuizen
Hi, I have an Intel SRCU42X raid controller that currently has firmware version 414D. The bios flash was done by a "system update package", from Intel which is an iso file that you can burn to a cd. The upgrade to 414D went fine. But the newest firmware version is 414I and is not

Re: FBSD-9.0-RC3 Disk 1 ISO Bootable?

2012-01-05 Thread perryh
Al Plant wrote: > I accessed the sshd from the new install screen as an option when > I loaded it on the test box. I had to set up the lan manually to > first get it up. Then you should be able to use ssh. I take it you either arranged for ssh to accept a direct root login, or added a non-root u

Re: FBSD-9.0-RC3 Disk 1 ISO Bootable?

2012-01-05 Thread Al Plant
Drew Tomlinson wrote: On 1/4/2012 8:01 PM, R Skinner wrote: On 01/05/12 13:23, Drew Tomlinson wrote: I downloaded FreeBSD-9.0-RC3-amd64-disc1.iso <ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/amd64/amd64/ISO-IMAGES/9.0/FreeBSD-9.0-RC3-amd64-disc1.iso> and burned the image to CD. However

Re: FBSD-9.0-RC3 Disk 1 ISO Bootable?

2012-01-05 Thread Al Plant
Chris wrote: Can't speak for the 64 bit but the I386 does. As for a DVD, look for that at the release. Chris Sent from my HTC. - Reply message - From: "Drew Tomlinson" Date: Wed, Jan 4, 2012 9:23 pm Subject: FBSD-9.0-RC3 Disk 1 ISO Bootable? To: "FreeBSD Quest

Re: FBSD-9.0-RC3 Disk 1 ISO Bootable?

2012-01-04 Thread Drew Tomlinson
On 1/4/2012 8:01 PM, R Skinner wrote: On 01/05/12 13:23, Drew Tomlinson wrote: I downloaded FreeBSD-9.0-RC3-amd64-disc1.iso <ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/amd64/amd64/ISO-IMAGES/9.0/FreeBSD-9.0-RC3-amd64-disc1.iso> and burned the image to CD. However the CD does not boot.

Re: FBSD-9.0-RC3 Disk 1 ISO Bootable?

2012-01-04 Thread Amitabh Kant
On Thu, Jan 5, 2012 at 8:53 AM, Drew Tomlinson wrote: > I downloaded FreeBSD-9.0-RC3-amd64-disc1.**iso <ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/ > **FreeBSD/releases/amd64/amd64/**ISO-IMAGES/9.0/FreeBSD-9.0-** > RC3-amd64-disc1.iso<ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/amd64/amd64/ISO-IMA

Re: FBSD-9.0-RC3 Disk 1 ISO Bootable?

2012-01-04 Thread R Skinner
On 01/05/12 13:23, Drew Tomlinson wrote: I downloaded FreeBSD-9.0-RC3-amd64-disc1.iso <ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/amd64/amd64/ISO-IMAGES/9.0/FreeBSD-9.0-RC3-amd64-disc1.iso> and burned the image to CD. However the CD does not boot. Just wanted to confirm that it is su

Re: FBSD-9.0-RC3 Disk 1 ISO Bootable?

2012-01-04 Thread Chris
Can't speak for the 64 bit but the I386 does. As for a DVD, look for that at the release. Chris Sent from my HTC. - Reply message - From: "Drew Tomlinson" Date: Wed, Jan 4, 2012 9:23 pm Subject: FBSD-9.0-RC3 Disk 1 ISO Bootable? To: "FreeBSD Questions" I d

FBSD-9.0-RC3 Disk 1 ISO Bootable?

2012-01-04 Thread Drew Tomlinson
I downloaded FreeBSD-9.0-RC3-amd64-disc1.iso <ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/amd64/amd64/ISO-IMAGES/9.0/FreeBSD-9.0-RC3-amd64-disc1.iso> and burned the image to CD. However the CD does not boot. Just wanted to confirm that it is supposed to be bootable. Also, is there

Re: torrent file for FreeBSD iso

2011-12-18 Thread Andreas Rudisch
On Sun, 18 Dec 2011 14:35:55 +0200 Коньков Евгений wrote: > It will be very, very handy to put here .torrent file for download > FreeBSD .iso > > ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/i386/i386/ISO-IMAGES/9.0/ Torrents can already be found here: http://torrents.free

torrent file for FreeBSD iso

2011-12-18 Thread Коньков Евгений
It will be very, very handy to put here .torrent file for download FreeBSD .iso ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/i386/i386/ISO-IMAGES/9.0/ Thank you -- С уважением, Коньков mailto:kes-...@yandex.ru ___ freebsd

Re: get rel 9.0 iso

2011-09-11 Thread Thomas Mueller
t was fuse. On the computer from 2001, FreeBSD 8.1 and 8.2 /var got over 800 MB; I became nervous as /var data grew during the freebsd-update from 8.1 to 8.2. Most iso-downloadable (CD or DVD) Linux distributions now require 512 MB RAM or more; I believe PC-BSD requires at least 512 MB RAM.

Re: get rel 9.0 iso

2011-09-10 Thread Polytropon
On Sun, 11 Sep 2011 04:11:26 + (GMT), Thomas Mueller wrote: > To build FreeBSD 9.0 on USB stick for the old computer, host > computer would be new amd64, cross-compiling for i386. Yes, in this case you would need to cross-compile. > I see default /var partition size for new FreeBSD installa

Re: get rel 9.0 iso

2011-09-10 Thread Thomas Mueller
To build FreeBSD 9.0 on USB stick for the old computer, host computer would be new amd64, cross-compiling for i386. I see default /var partition size for new FreeBSD installations was to be 4 GB, so I might be safer with 16 GB rather than 8 GB USB stick, even though there would be no need to in

Re: get rel 9.0 iso

2011-09-09 Thread Polytropon
On Fri, 9 Sep 2011 11:29:28 + (GMT), Thomas Mueller wrote: > FreeBSD 8.2 slice on old computer is about 12 GB with 1.3 GB > free; RAM is 256 MB. Depending on your particular software needs, a full FreeBSD installation _with_ programs can fit onto an 8 GB slice (or disk) with 50% free space. :-

Re: get rel 9.0 iso

2011-09-09 Thread Polytropon
r. If it doesn't boot directly (even my old 2005 PC has problems with that) try to use PLOP to boot the memstick image. You can easily directly copy it to a USB stick which would then be a bootable media. > I think dvd1.iso was < 700 MB and would therefore fit on a CD? No that would have b

Re: get rel 9.0 iso

2011-09-09 Thread Mike Kelly
> > The dvd1.iso file is less than 700mb and would fit on a standard cd. But >> the point is you do not install from a .iso file. The .iso file is a >> compressed file and when you uncompress it it's way to large to fit on a >> standard cd but will fit on a dvd.

Re: get rel 9.0 iso

2011-09-09 Thread Fbsd8
"Thomas Mueller I think dvd1.iso was < 700 MB and would therefore fit on a CD? I just checked, it was < 700 MB: Index of ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/amd64/amd64/ISO-IMAGES/9.0/ Up to higher level directory NameSizeLast Modified File:CHECKSUM.MD5 1 KB

Re: get rel 9.0 iso

2011-09-09 Thread Thomas Mueller
I think dvd1.iso was < 700 MB and would therefore fit on a CD? I just checked, it was < 700 MB: Index of ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/amd64/amd64/ISO-IMAGES/9.0/ Up to higher level directory NameSizeLast Modified File:CHECKSUM.MD5 1 KB09/01/1100

Re: get rel 9.0 iso

2011-09-08 Thread Thomas Mueller
> On Wed, 07 Sep 2011 20:43:47 -0400, Fbsd8 wrote: > > No rel 9.0 i386 disc1.iso anywhere. My pc can not boot from memstick. Polytropon responded: > ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/amd64/amd64/ISO-IMAGES/9.0/ > ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/i386/i386

Re: get rel 9.0 iso

2011-09-07 Thread Polytropon
On Wed, 07 Sep 2011 20:43:47 -0400, Fbsd8 wrote: > No rel 9.0 i386 disc1.iso anywhere. My pc can not boot from memstick. ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/amd64/amd64/ISO-IMAGES/9.0/ ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/i386/i386/ISO-IMAGES/9.0/ A FreeBSD-9.0-BETA2-{i386|am

Re: get rel 9.0 iso

2011-09-07 Thread Fbsd8
Polytropon wrote: On Wed, 07 Sep 2011 19:59:05 -0400, Fbsd8 wrote: What is the ftp url to fetch the most current release 9.0 .iso file? FreeBSD-9.0 hasn't been released yet. In order to obtain a current snapshot, check the FTP server: ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/snapshots/2

Re: get rel 9.0 iso

2011-09-07 Thread pete wright
On Wed, Sep 7, 2011 at 4:59 PM, Fbsd8 wrote: > What is the ftp url to fetch the most current release 9.0 .iso file? 9.0-RELEASE is not available yet. 9.0-BETA2 has been annouced today though: http://www.freebsd.org/where.html#helptest this will also be available on mirrors shortly... -p

Re: get rel 9.0 iso

2011-09-07 Thread Polytropon
On Wed, 07 Sep 2011 19:59:05 -0400, Fbsd8 wrote: > What is the ftp url to fetch the most current release 9.0 .iso file? FreeBSD-9.0 hasn't been released yet. In order to obtain a current snapshot, check the FTP server: ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/snapshots/201107/ You'll fin

get rel 9.0 iso

2011-09-07 Thread Fbsd8
What is the ftp url to fetch the most current release 9.0 .iso file? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"

Re: Scritping sysinstall and custom iso

2011-08-28 Thread Polytropon
On Sun, 28 Aug 2011 17:20:34 +0530, Amitabh Kant wrote: > All the commands run fine and I am able to generate an iso. Now, couple of > questions that have confused me: > a) Where do I place install.cfg file for sysinstall to read without any user > intervention? In the root directory

Scritping sysinstall and custom iso

2011-08-28 Thread Amitabh Kant
Hello I am trying to create a custom FreeBSD iso which will automate most of the steps asked in a standard installation using sysinstall. While "make release" is available, I was trying to modify disc1 iso, as it seems that I only need to have install.cfg for automating sysinstall. I

Re: ISO images

2011-08-17 Thread Julian H. Stacey
"Michael Ross" wrote: > Am 17.08.2011, 15:59 Uhr, schrieb Julian H. Stacey : > > > Hi, > > Reference: > >> From: "Michael Ross" > >> Date: Wed, 17 Aug 2011 15:28:41 +0200 > >> Message-id: > > > > "Michael Ross" wrote: > >> Am 17.08.2011, 14:55 Uhr, schrieb Julian

Re: ISO images

2011-08-17 Thread Michael Ross
Am 17.08.2011, 15:59 Uhr, schrieb Julian H. Stacey : Hi, Reference: From: "Michael Ross" Date: Wed, 17 Aug 2011 15:28:41 +0200 Message-id: "Michael Ross" wrote: Am 17.08.2011, 14:55 Uhr, schrieb Julian H. Stacey : > Lars Eighner wrote: > ftp protocol does not suppo

Re: ISO images

2011-08-17 Thread Test Rat
"Julian H. Stacey" writes: > Hi, > Reference: >> From:"Michael Ross" >> Date:Wed, 17 Aug 2011 15:28:41 +0200 >> Message-id: > > "Michael Ross" wrote: >> Am 17.08.2011, 14:55 Uhr, schrieb Julian H. Stacey : >> >> > Lars Eighner wrote: >> > ftp protocol does n

Re: ISO images

2011-08-17 Thread Julian H. Stacey
Hi, Reference: > From: "Michael Ross" > Date: Wed, 17 Aug 2011 15:28:41 +0200 > Message-id: "Michael Ross" wrote: > Am 17.08.2011, 14:55 Uhr, schrieb Julian H. Stacey : > > > Lars Eighner wrote: > > ftp protocol does not support command du, so one can't see size of > >

Re: ISO images

2011-08-17 Thread Michael Ross
Am 17.08.2011, 14:55 Uhr, schrieb Julian H. Stacey : Lars Eighner wrote: ftp protocol does not support command du, so one can't see size of ftp://ftp.freebsd.orgpub/FreeBSD/ports/amd64/packages-8.2-release/All/ My FTP client shows it at about 32GB total. Michael ___

Re: ISO images

2011-08-17 Thread Ruben de Groot
On Wed, Aug 17, 2011 at 10:56:35AM +0100, Rui Silva typed: > Hi, > > I want to install FreeBSD for the first time but I have some doubts > regarding the ISO images. > > I have downloaded an ISO image (FreeBSD-8.2-RELEASE-i386-dvd1.iso) > via torrent, but soon reali

Re: ISO images

2011-08-17 Thread Julian H. Stacey
Lars Eighner wrote: > On Wed, 17 Aug 2011, Rui Silva wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > I want to install FreeBSD for the first time but I have some doubts > > regarding > > the ISO images. > > > > I have downloaded an ISO image (FreeBSD-8.2-RELEASE-i386-dv

Re: ISO images

2011-08-17 Thread Francisco Cabrita
On Wed, Aug 17, 2011 at 10:56 AM, Rui Silva wrote: > Hi, > > I want to install FreeBSD for the first time but I have some doubts > regarding the ISO images. > > I have downloaded an ISO image (FreeBSD-8.2-RELEASE-i386-**dvd1.iso) via > torrent, but soon realised that the pa

Re: ISO images

2011-08-17 Thread Lars Eighner
On Wed, 17 Aug 2011, Rui Silva wrote: Hi, I want to install FreeBSD for the first time but I have some doubts regarding the ISO images. I have downloaded an ISO image (FreeBSD-8.2-RELEASE-i386-dvd1.iso) via torrent, but soon realised that the packages collection was very poor when

ISO images

2011-08-17 Thread Rui Silva
Hi, I want to install FreeBSD for the first time but I have some doubts regarding the ISO images. I have downloaded an ISO image (FreeBSD-8.2-RELEASE-i386-dvd1.iso) via torrent, but soon realised that the packages collection was very poor when compared to "ftp://ftp.freebsd.or

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