New install process

[Robert Millan]

On Mon, Sep 05, 2005 at 10:56:44AM +0200, Frederic Lehobey wrote:
> 
> Just to be precise, the end of native-install is the `Congratulations!
> You now have FreeBSD installed on your system' message, isn't it?
> 
> Then after, I simply answered `No' to all the following question (the
> first one being about Ethernet configuration) up to the root password
> question where I have not found any way not to answer it (nor to
> escape from it).
> 
> The instructions say `When the process is complete, the FreeBSD
> installer will ask if you want to do any further setup. Answer no to
> all of these questions and exit the installation system.' so I
> expected to have the opportunity to exit the installation system, but
> no such offer was made to me up to the root password question.  Maybe
> pressing Esc or something like that at that time would have
> interrupted the installation, but then I think if it is what you meant
> you should be more specific about it in the instructions.

Which install method did you select at the beginning?  (Custom, Express, ...)

> No, I did not set it such a way.  It was simply `debian' by default
> (after reboots).  But then X was complaining.  The fix was to add the
> (new) hostname (I had put in /etc/hostname) in the first line of
> /etc/hosts.

Yes.  You're expected to setup hostnames manualy for now.

> > > By the way, after X failures (while setting X) I got messages saying
> > > an other X was running (which was not supported by ps).  And the only
> > > way I found to get rid of these messages was a few more (ugly)
> > > reboots.
> > 
> > This is a generic Debian bug AFAIK.  You just need to remove /tmp/.X11*
> 
> Did not know it (nothing such showed up on my sid machines, but maybe
> I did not put them in similar conditions).  Thanks for the hint.
> 
> I noticed the clock is one hour ahead (my time zone being currently
> -- summer time -- GMT+2) compared to Linux.  Is kfreebsd assuming
> clock at local time instead of GMT?

I think it assumes clock is set to GMT just like most Un*x kernels do.
debian-installer now sets clock to local time by default though.  Are you sure
your clock is not set to local time?

> By the way, trying to fix / workaround this, I found ntpdate package
> to freeze at postinst script stage.

Known problem.  We sent a patch to #323672.

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Robert Millan