unattended install of FreeBSD 5.2.1 does not umount disk properly

Richard Smith spam_if_you_want_to at yahoo.co.uk
Thu Jun 10 09:14:34 PDT 2004


I'm trying to do an unattended install of FreeBSD 5.2.1.  If I don't
include the 'shutdown' command at the end of the install.cfg file, the
install works fine, but I have to manually reboot the machine after the
install, which is no good for an unattended install.

If I do include 'shutdown', then it appears that the disk does not unmount
properly before the reboot.  The console displays "interrupt was seen but
timeout fired" and then prints a number (e.g. 150) over and over again.
Then the system reboots, but the new installation has errors on the
filesystem and requires me to manually run fsck.  Again, this is no good
for an unattended installation.

Is there anyway to reboot the system from the install.cfg file and have
it unmount cleanly?

-- 
Richard



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