[PC-BSD Testing] Macbook Idea

[Kris Moore]

On 03/31/2011 07:45, Janosi,Miklos P wrote:
>          Hi Kris,
>
>          Could I copy the examples/pcinstall.cfg.upgrade file
> and fill it with my own values? And then do:
>
>          pc-sysinstall -c /tmp/my-upgrade.cfg
>
> to get PC-BSD installed on my Macbook on top of the
> FreeBSD slice.
>
> Here's the contents of examples/pcinstall.cfg.upgrade:
> # Sample configuration file for an installation using pc-sysinstall
>
> installMode=upgrade
> installInteractive=no
> hostname=freebsd8
>
> # Set the disk parameters
> disk0=ada0s1a
> bootManager=none
> commitDiskPart
>
> # Set if we are installing via optical, USB, or FTP
> installType=PCBSD
> installMedium=dvd
>
> packageType=uzip
> #installComponents=ports,src
>
> # Options for localizing an install
> localizeLang="ru"
> localizeKeyLayout="ru"
> localizeKeyModel="pc104"
> localizeKeyVariant="intl"
>

Correct, you could give that a shot, it may actually work since it skips 
any disk partitioning stuff.


-- 
Kris Moore
PC-BSD Software
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