07-18-2004
Quote:
Originally posted by hmaiida
thank u for responding
now i'm just downloading the following from FreeBSD.org :
1- 5.2.1-RELEASE-i386-bootonly.iso
2- 5.2.1-RELEASE-i386-disc2.iso
3- 5.2.1-RELEASE-i386-miniinst.iso
4- 5.2.1-RELEASE-i386-disc1.iso
these are supposed to be standard files that i just need burning each one on a CD (bootable CDs)....and then proceeding to a "nprmal" guided installation (with gui mode..etc...)....
your advice please...
regards
All you need is 5.2.1-RELEASE-i386-miniinst.iso. It's less than 300 megs and has everything that you need to get started.
Be sure to read through the FreeBSD handbook available at
www.freebsd.org. It is one of the best resources on the 'net when it comes to FreeBSD.
www.freebsddiary.com is another good source with examples of problems and their solutions.
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LEARN ABOUT NETBSD
sysinst
SYSINST(8) BSD System Manager's Manual SYSINST(8)
NAME
sysinst -- install or upgrade a NetBSD system
SYNOPSIS
sysinst [-D] [-f deffile] [-r releasename]
DESCRIPTION
sysinst is a menu-based program that may be used to install or upgrade a NetBSD system. It is usually invoked automatically when the system
is booted from appropriate installation media.
sysinst is usually not present on a NetBSD system that has been fully installed.
OPTIONS
-D Switch on debugging.
-r releasename Set the releasename if it is different to the one compiled. Currently unused.
-f deffile Set a file for definitions other than the defaults. See DEFINITION FILE for its format.
DEFINITION FILE
The definition file is used to set several other names and directories to search for. You can specify any of the options in the file. They
are stored as:
option = value
pairs. In this description, REL and MACH are the release and architecture respectively, determined by the image sysinst is used on.
option name default value description
release REL Release name (also set by -r releasename).
machine MACH Machine architecture
xfer dir /usr/INSTALL Transfer dir
ext dir Extract dir (will usually be set later on)
ftp host ftp.NetBSD.org ftp host for fetching files
ftp dir pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-REL ftp directory for fetching files
ftp prefix /MACH/binary/sets directory to look for sets. Note that this is used for all kinds of fetching (CDs, local FS,
...), not only ftp.
ftp user ftp ftp user for connecting
ftp pass - ftp password
ftp proxy - ftp proxy
nfs host - nfs host for fetching via nfs
nfs dir /bsd/release nfs directory for fetching files
cd dev cd0a name of the CD device for fetching files
fd dev /dev/fd0a name of floppy for fetching files
local dev - Other device to be mounted for fetching files
local fs ffs FS-type for local dev
local dir release Directory to look for in the mounted local fs
targetroot mount /targetroot Directory to mount target root dir to
dist postfix .tgz Suffix of set files to be extracted
diskname mydisk disktab(5) diskname to use for target disk
SEE ALSO
release(7), afterboot(8), boot(8), diskless(8)
<machine>/INSTALL.* files on CD-ROM installation media .../NetBSD-<rel>/<machine>/INSTALL.* files in NetBSD releases or snapshots.
HISTORY
A sysinst command appeared in NetBSD 1.3.
BSD
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