Installation problem; FreeBSD 10.1

jimpa99

jimpa99

Hello

I have problems to install FreeBSD 10.1.

1. I put the FreeBSD DVD in place.
2. Reboot the system and start the installation process.
3. Partitioning and installing source and ports works fine.

Here is when the problems starts :

1. Installing packages

If I install packages from DVD I am told that the CD is in read-only mode. Nothing can be installed.
If try to install packages from an ftp server or over the internet

I get a message like :

"Attempting to update repository catalogue from selected media"

But it stops there and nothing happens. I get stuck exactly there.

Very frustrating. I will try to boot it from a USB card soon.

Does anyone have a clue about this. I have installed FreeBSD in the past but never encountered anything like this.

Need help.

Thanks!
 
Sounds like you booted the CD instead of the harddisk after the install. What does mount say after you booted?
 
Just after the installation is finished I can normally install packages. Either from the CD or from the FTP sites. But this time it simply doesn’t work. I have tried to restart the system and tried to install packages again via the bsdconfig(8) command and it still doesn’t work to install packages. Read-only (CD) and "Attempting to update repository catalogue from selected media" if I try via the FTP sites.

(The CD was ejected)
 
In pure desperation I tried to install FreeBSD 10.1 once again but wasn't able to finish the installation.
This time I got these messages during the installation :

Code: 
Error: pkg

Repository FreeBSD install cdrom has wrong package size , need to recreate database.

Pkg : file ://dist/packages/FreeBSD:10 /Amd64/meta.txt no such file or directory.

This time I also managed to install basic system but not one single package.

What is this ?

Gosh! This drives me crazy

:)
 
Now it works fully.

Did not use bsdconfig(8). Installed packages only from terminal : Log in as root : pkg install [package] for all packages I needed. And it works.
 
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