Gentoo Archives: gentoo-bsd

From: Richard Yao <ryao@×××××××××××××.edu>
To: gentoo-bsd@l.g.o
Cc: Michael Orlitzky <michael@××××××××.com>
Subject: Re: [gentoo-bsd] New x86-fbsd stage3
Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2012 18:11:33
Message-Id: 4F9AE026.9040406@cs.stonybrook.edu
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-bsd] New x86-fbsd stage3 by Michael Orlitzky
1 On 04/27/12 13:46, Michael Orlitzky wrote:
2 > On 03/21/12 08:42, Richard Yao wrote:
3 >> Dear Everyone,
4 >>
5 >> I made an unofficial x86-fbsd stage3. It is available at the following
6 >> address:
7 >>
8 >> http://www.cs.stonybrook.edu/~ryao/stage3-i686-freebsd-9.0.tar.bz2
9 >
10 > I was finally able to get up and running, although in a roundabout manner.
11 >
12 > 1. Boot the PC-BSD live DVD, and install it to the hard drive.
13 >
14 > 2. Reboot to the GhostBSD liveCD (PC-BSD panics).
15 >
16 > 3. Mount the drive, and delete everything except /boot.
17 >
18 > 4. Untar this stage3 and the latest portage.
19 >
20 > 5. Reboot.
21 >
22 > 6. Something goes wrong, /dev/ad0s1a is read-only?
23 >
24 > 7. Boot to GhostBSD, and fsck a few times. Tons of errors fixed.
25 > Whatever =)
26 >
27 > 8. Reboot again, it works.
28 >
29 >
30
31 Thanks for sharing this procedure. I am happy to hear that you did a
32 successful installation. :)

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