Problems installing from live / memstick-snapshot

[ManuelIWD]

A couple of days ago I checked the dev-mailinglists to check if there was any news about the public snapshots, and there was news. I found the snapshots with each different dates (2012-01-21, 2012-01-19 and 2012-02-16) and I tried each of them, but all have the same problem. When you try to install the snapshot to the USB-stick (in my case an 8GB USB-3.0 stick) the installer at first glance seems fine, it runs and does it thing, but after a couple of minutes (~54%) the following error appears: 'Execution of command /usr/sbin/mtree -deU -f /etc/mtree/BSD.x11-4.dist -p /mnt/usr/X11R6 FAILED with a return of 1'.

The last lines of the log file are:

/usr/sbin/mtree -deU -f /etc/mtree/BSD.local.dist -p /mnt/usr/local
>>> Exit status: 0
/bin/mkdir -p /mnt/usr/X11R6
>>> Exit status: 0
/usr/sbin/mtree -deU -f /etc/mtree/BSD.11-4.dist -p /mnt/usr/X11R6
>>> Exit status: 1

Why the heck are you trying these snapshots anyway?
Because FreeBSD 8.1 didn't support my new RTL8111E NIC with VLAN support. I also tried compiling the driver myself but without any luck. I have to replace the miibus with a newer version in order to run the new driver.

What have you tried yourself?
I replaced the storage medium, tested multiple USB-sticks and even different versions of the snapshots, but all give me the same error message.

What kind of hardware are you using?
Mainbord: Asrock H61M-ITX
CPU: Intel Celeron G530
RAM: 1x JM1333KLN-4G (4GB Transcend DDR3)
PCI-E: Intel Gigabit CT Desktop Adapter (EAN: 0735858202169)

(After checking the LiveCD snapshot ISO I can't find BSD.x11-4.dist anywhere, please tell me I'm missing something here. :))

[jimp]

What exact file did you download?

The mtree error I thought was only on the 9.x snapshot we tried (and abandoned, since we're now targeting 8.3). It can actually be ignored, it's safe to just keep going.

[ManuelIWD]

The RELENG9 snapshots from databeestje's server, tried every one of them except the 'Full-Update' because it isn't relevant in my situation. I didn't know you guys abandoned the 9.0-branch, now I feel stupid. I'm going to try the 8.3 snapshots and let you know when it works.

PS: Thanks for the quick reply.

[jimp]

We will be targeting 9.x for 2.2 but there were too many issues with it to work out for the timetable we have in mind for 2.1. There is a releng82 (and maybe 83?) folder on databeestje's server that are more current.

[ManuelIWD]

Sweet, just put one from the 8.3-branch on a USB-stick and I will check it out.

PS: You're really fast. ;)

Update:
The 8.3 snapshots seems to do it, the only thing that doesn't work yet is USB 3.0 but that isn't important. I still got some spare USB 2.0 left.

[databeestje]

I'll empty the releng9 dir on the server, they are stale

[ManuelIWD]

Thanks databeestje and jimp!

The RLRENG8.3-branch is working fine, even IPv6 is up and running without any problems (had some configuration issues though). Thanks again.