9.1-RELEASE on Virtualbox

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markb

I am STUMPED (and forgive the verbosity - I'm trying to be thorough)

FreeBSD9.1-RELEASE as guest virtual environment under Win7.64.

I’ve downloaded the 2.5GB 64bit ISO and can successfully install a base system (lib32, ports, src), install network, timezone, sshd etc in Virtualbox. If I reboot when prompted all is well. I can update ports, install packages via ports without an issue.

But that’s not why I downloaded the brand-spanking new 2.5GB ISO…

Manual Configuration: “The installation is now finished. Before exiting the installer would you like to open a shell in the new system to make any final manual modifications?”
If I invoke sysinstall prior to reboot in an attempt to use the cd/dvd rather than ports, it’s an abysmal failure. The BIOS CD is cd0 on initial install.

I mosey to ‘Configure | Packages’ option to load xorg etc via the DVD ISO but get the following error:
“Warning: the disc currently in the drive is either not a FreeBSD disc or it is an older (pre 2.1.5) FreeBSD CD which does not have a version number on it. Do you wish to use this disc anyway?” If I answer “YES” there’s a long-winded message that “unable to get packages/INDEX file from selected media.”

An additional error appears if trying to load packages:
“Error mounting /dev/cd0 on /dist: Device not configured (6)”

If I go to ‘Options | Rescan Devices there’s an ‘*’ present but it doesn’t appear as if a rescan is performed (as gleaned from this thread):
http://forums.freebsd.org/showthread.php?t=18288

If I issue:
[CMD="mount -t cd9660 /dev/cd0 /dist"][/CMD]
I get a different error:
“Error mounting /dev/cd0 on /dist: No such file or directory (2)
But If I meander to /dist I see the contents of the ISO (various htm docs, /bin, /etc etc.)

Thoughts? Guidance?
THANK YOU!
MarkB
 
“Error mounting /dev/cd0 on /dist: No such file or directory (2)"

Lost in my initial message: I issued a mount command hoping it would address the above error, but no joy:
mount -t cd9660 /dev/cd0 /dist

I can see the ISO contents when I peruse /dist. I guess my question is why bother downloading a 2.5GB DVD ISO which supposedly has the entire contents of 9.1_RELEASE (a whopping 3 days old) with fresh versions of packages. I would follow this install with "freebsd-update fetch && install" and the other scripts I've borrowed from the forum to ensure my OS was up to snuff.

Thanks!
MarkB
 
Those fresh packages are likely already a month stale. There really is not much point to downloading the DVD unless you have limited connectivity.
 
Kinda sorta did a best of both worlds:
1: pkg_add (firefox, gnome, x11) via the cd/dvd
2: update using the scripts I've found/use on this site
This is HOURS faster than doing the 'make install clean' for each and every package

Good idea? Again, I thank you for your time/expertise.
MarkB
 
hi

before posting a reply or asking, the same question i checked this forum and i got the same question as under. I have a Samsung DVD, Read only drive, pentium 4
processor, i installed freebsd 9.1 from DVD, and i tried to run sysintall from command prompt and tried to install ports / packages, but i get this error.

if my drive is corrupt, then it should not run any other thing too, but it does. i checked if i burned the DVD right, and indeed it is. how can i get this issue fixed? do i have to forgo my DVD drive and buy a new one? by the way, my /etc/fstab does not have entry for DVD, is it a problem too?

thanks
Rays

Hi,

Before posting a reply or asking the same question, I checked this forum and I have the same question as below. I have a Samsung DVD-ROM, Pentium 4 processor. I installed FreeBSD 9.1 from DVD, and I tried to run sysinstall from the command prompt and tried to install ports/packages, but I get this error.

If my drive is corrupt, then it should not run any other thing, but it does. I checked if I burned the DVD right, and indeed I did. How can I get this issue fixed? Do I have to forgo my DVD drive and buy a new one? By the way, my /etc/fstab does not have an entry for a DVD, is that a problem too?

Thanks,
Rays


Question:
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Code: 
Warning: the disc currently in the drive is either not a FreeBSD disc or it is an older
(pre 2.1.5) FreeBSD CD which does not have a version number on it. 
Do you wish to use this disc anyway?

If I answer “YES” there’s a long-winded message that says

Code: 
unable to get packages/INDEX file from selected media.
 
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