On Wed, 27 Nov 2019 20:29:27 -0600 Edgar Pettijohn <ed...@pettijohn-web.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 27, 2019 at 08:05:30PM -0600, Clay Daniels wrote: > > I have successfully installed OpenBSD 6.6 release and would like to > > give the Current Snapshots a try. I went to a mirror, and to: > > > > Index of /pub/OpenBSD/snapshots/amd64/ > > > > I saw install66.fs (probably for usb memstick) and install66.iso > > (surely for a cd/dvd) at ~450Mb. I picked the install66.fs, wrote > > it to a usb thumbdrive, and it starts the install. When i get into > > the install it asks where are the file sets? Humm, maybe it gets > > these online and it tries to do this but no luck. It was late last > > night, and I checked to see if it had written anything to my disk, > > which it had not, and went to bed. This evening I'm looking a bit > > deeper at the snapshot directory and I suspect I need to provide > > the install with base66.tzg at ~239Mb. > > > > My question now is after downloading the base, do I need to un-tar > > it, and how to I provide it to the install? I wrote the > > install66.fs to the usb with the dd command. Not clear to me how to > > either manually copy the base file set to the usb, or maybe leave > > it on an accessible directory on my machine. Any help would be > > appreciated. > > > > Clay Daniels > > I noticed this also, but hadn't had time to figure out if I had > messed up or the installer had. As a general rule I assume its me > that messed up. Its odd if you mount the install66.fs you can see the > pub/amd64 directory, but during installation it can't seem to find > the directory regardless of what I have tried. > > Edgar > You'll have to select “installation set is on disk” and “not mounted”. Best regards Robert
