Re: Notes on reent install of 10.0_RC4 on amd64 HP T730 thin client
Jonathan Stone <[email protected]> Wed, 21 Feb 2024 18:49:06 +0000 (UTC)
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------=_Part_5447486_899794327.1708541346351 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable =20 On Wednesday, February 21, 2024 at 10:29:14 AM PST, Martin Husemann <martin= @duskware.de> wrote: On Wed, Feb 21, 2024 at 05:07:57PM +0000, Jonathan Stone wrote: >> [...] Creating a user fails, there is no /home.=C2=A0 Same for setting a= root password, >> or saving network config to the (target) /etc.=C2=A0 Am I the only one s= eeing this?? > How did you get there? During installation, after set extracation the > root password is prompted and then you get to the config menu. I did nothing except sysinst menu interactions. After extracting the sets, /targetroot was unmounted and the dk wedges were= detached. That's when trying to install pkgin failed. Yes, re-extracting a set (manua= lly set to a single set) will remount /targetroot. I think reinstall-a-set is how I got pkgin instal= led. But after instaling pkgin, I again ended up in a state where going to the "config" menu, I couldn't se= t a root pasword or create a user, because /targetroot was unmounted. From memory, wd0 and all the dk? wedges = were detached. Is that expected? It's not what I recall from installing 8.2, 9.2, and 9.3 over the past coup= le of weeks (FDDI related). I can try all this again in about 12 hours, and take more careful notes. (I have a general understanding of how sysinst works; I did a __lot__ of wo= rk on it, about 25 years ago.) =20 ------=_Part_5447486_899794327.1708541346351 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div> <br><br>On Wednesday, February 21, 2024 at 10:29:14 AM= PST, Martin Husemann <[email protected]> wrote:<br><br><br>On Wed, = Feb 21, 2024 at 05:07:57PM +0000, Jonathan Stone wrote:<br><br>>> [..= .] Creating a user fails, there is no /home.=C2=A0 Same for setting a root= password,<br>>> or saving network config to the (target) /etc.=C2=A0= Am I the only one seeing this??<br><br><br>> How did you get there? Dur= ing installation, after set extracation the<br>> root password is prompt= ed and then you get to the config menu.<br><br>I did nothing except sysins= t menu interactions.<br>After extracting the sets, /targetroot was unmounte= d and the dk wedges were detached.<br>That's when trying to install pkg= in failed. Yes, re-extracting a set (manually set to a single set)<br>wi= ll remount /targetroot. I think reinstall-a-set is how I got pkgin install= ed. But after instaling pkgin,<br>I again ended up in a state where going t= o the "config" menu, I couldn't set a root pasword or create = a user,<br>because /targetroot was unmounted. From memory, wd0 and all t= he dk? wedges were detached. Is that expected?<br>It's not what I recal= l from installing 8.2, 9.2, and 9.3 over the past couple of weeks (FDDI rel= ated).<br><br>I can try all this again in about 12 hours, and take more car= eful notes.<br>(I have a general understanding of how sysinst works; I did = a __lot__ of work on it, about 25 years ago.) </div> = =20 ------=_Part_5447486_899794327.1708541346351--