On 9/1/07, James Hartley <jjhartley@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 9/1/07, Jeremy C. Reed <reed@reedmedia.net> wrote:
> > On Sat, 1 Sep 2007, James Hartley wrote:
> >
> > > I would like to install modular X.org on top of 4.0_BETA2, however, I
> > > am currently unable to install 4.0_BETA2 without installing all
> > > thirteen file sets.
> >
> > What does that mean? What 13 sets? And why are you forced to install all
> > of them?
>
>  1.  base.tgz
>  2. comp.tgz
>  3.  etc.tgz
>  4.  games.tgz
>  5.  kern-GENERIC.tgz
>  6.  man.tgz
>  7.  misc.tgz
>  8.  text.tgz
>  9.  xbase.tgz
> 10.  xcomp.tgz
> 11.  xetc.tgz
> 12.  xfont.tgz
> 13.  xserver.tgz
>
> sysinst only complains if all thirteen are not installed, but will
> continue to make all devices & create a symlink for the chosen
> timezone.  Yet upon reboot, I get into an endless loop where "NetBSD
> boot" (as I recall the text...) is continuously displayed.  If I
> install all thirteen file sets, the reboot works as expected.
>

You can deselect the sets you do not want to install.
Select "Custom Installation" instead of "Full Installation".