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Re: Trying to install?



On Thu 31 Mar 2022 at 22:56:54 +0200, smurfd wrote:
> Then instead i tried to drop to boot prompt and ran the `boot -c` to be
> able  to disable possibly graphics card detection (i read that somewhere).
> came to UC>
> Where it hang ...

It is possible that you have a USB keyboard which may not always work at
this point. Or in your case, maybe the nouveau driver doesn't let you
get that far.

> Question one, is there some way around this. can i from the boot prompt tell
> it to ignore graphics cards. Plan was to not use X anyway. Need more info,
> let me know.

Yes, from the boot loader (see boot(8), userconf) and from boot.cfg you
can give the commands that you can give to the userconf prompt. boot.cfg
syntax looks a bit weird I think, since it requires a "keyword=..."
style for everything, so you get something like "userconf=disable ehci*"
(example taken from boot.cfg(5))

> Question two, assuming i get further, is there some guide to create a local
> pkgsrc mirror and tell several machines in your network to sync to that
> instead of a internet mirror(feels unnecessary to sync over internet if you
> have 5+ machines)?

Yes that is possible too. Check pkg_install.conf(5) for the setting
PKG_PATH. pkgin has its own settings in /usr/pkg/etc/pkgin/repositories.conf.
See manual page pkgin(1).

> thanks in advance
> br smurfd
-Olaf.
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