I still cannot create a live cd :(.
I've noticed that on my build machine and on my live cd there is no /boot/kernel/geom_ugz.ko
I've installed cloop-utils through pkg_add command, is this correct? should I have this file? I read somewhere that I really should have this file.
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Michael wrote:
Yes it is good to find someone in the same trouble :). I really wish I knew how to do this as there are a few packages I would really like to add to FreeSBIE 1.1 and recompile the livecd with all the orginal stuff intacked even the GUI selection menu (console, fluxbox, xfce, installer).
Until someone tells us what we're doing wrong I would like to share what I've tried so far and if you do the same we can eliminate a few things first. I've also tried updating it to FreeBSD 5.4 STABLE and that didn't work. I've tried changing the paths for where everything is built, including the ISO. I always installed FreeSBIE 1.1 with one change, I installed it with no home mount point and made the remainder of the space go to /usr mount point. I like this way of setting up better. Do you keep these default?
I wonder if the problem is some of these packages that will not compile?
Have you tried the whole proceedure with no packages?
Also when I boot up my customized version of FreeSBIE it doesn't have the splash screen, I also have to type 'root' at the login:, then I get the keyboard country select, but none of the other dialogs, is this exactly what you get as well?
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Remi Bernhard wrote:
Hi Michael,
Your post, and the way you installed freebsd on hd looks very similar to my setup. I personnaly started with 5.3 Freebsd, and installed cvsup, and changed the release flag to 5_3, then cvsup stable-supfile and cvsup ports-supfile.
Then i ran the freesbie scripts, and i get ___the very same errors than
yours_ : ie :
- Ran Packages (Selected every package and let it build, is this correct? Some of them didn't compile and the rest said that they were
already installed, so really this step did nothing)
Then i get no X, and nothing but a poor login and very basic commands (ls, cat, ...)
I'm happy to hear that i'm not alone having these problems. Freesbie devs seems to always say : "i tried the scripts last days ago from scratch and they still works perfectly". So please freesbie devs, can you post HOW did you do your way of success ?
Regards, Remi.
On Tue, 12 Apr 2005 13:49:28 +1000 Michael Pope <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I've gone through the steps and burned a CD, when I tested booting this CD through it boots into the command line interface. I would
like to start off by simply updating FreeSBIE to FreeBSD5.3 STABLE and
reburning the LiveCD with all the dialog boxes and so it boots into
the selection; console, fluxbox, xfce, installer.
Here are the steps I've followed: - Installed FreeSBIE1.1 onto a Hard drive allowing 2.5Gb for the / mount
- installed cvsup
- used the /usr/share/examples/cvsup/stable-supfile with the following changes
- host to 'cvsup2.au.FreeBSD.org'
- release tag to 'RELENG_5_3'
- Ran 'cvsup stable-supfile'
- Ran the instructions off the FreeSBIE website to CVS the scripts
- Installed cloop with command 'pkg_add -r cloop-utils'
- ran ./freesbie from the ~/freesbie directory
- Kept the defaults for directories; LiveFS, Home, Src, Iso - Answered 'no' to embedded - Answered 'yes' to BSD installer
- Ran Rmdir (no problems)
- Ran Mkdir (no problems)
- Ran World (no problems, took some time)
- Ran Install (no problems)
- Ran Kernel (no problems)
- Ran Fixit (no problems, kept everything as default, Should I change anything in here if I want it to be the same as the original FreeSBIE1.1 Live CD?)
- Ran Packages (Selected every package and let it build, is this correct? Some of them didn't compile and the rest said that they were
already installed, so really this step did nothing)
- User (no problems, kept everything as default)
- Building Iso
At the end of this I ended up with the FreeSBIE.iso which was 574MB. I tried to use burncd to burn it but it complained so I used the
following commands:
# cdrecord -scanbus
# cdrecord dev=1,1,0 -v speed=4 blank=fast /root/freesbie/FreeSBIE.iso
Note: I'm using a CDRW so I blank it first.
It does boot but nothing is in the /usr/X11R6 directory? If there is any more information I can give let me know.
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Michael
Odhiambo Washington wrote:
* Michael Pope <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [20050405 09:31]: wrote:
I would like k3b so I could burn DVD's.
Are there any scripts in which I could make the ISO and burn it on
the >CD without uploading to the CVS. Don't get me wrong I would
like to >contribute to Freesbie but some of the changes which I want
to make >maybe a little to specific, eg: vt420 terminal program,
would anyone >else use this. I would like to just make a little
Freesbie distribution >and put it back onto CD and make it bootable.
Build your own system, grab the scripts and create a bootable CD.
cheers
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