Date: Thu, 25 Jul 2002 14:52:51 -0400 (EDT) From: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> To: Chris Coleman <chrisc@vmunix.com> Cc: qa@FreeBSD.org, re@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Update for 4.6.1 issues Message-ID: <XFMail.20020725145251.jhb@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0207251433390.2425-100000@vnode.vmunix.com>
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On 25-Jul-2002 Chris Coleman wrote: >> - weird install errors from CD on 4.6? >> - I might be able to test RC2 for this (not sure if I can do an >> install on the machine though) > > This particular error threw us for a loop for a while till we determined > it was a driver error. We sent out replacement CDs and they still didn't > work. ;-) > > It appears to happen at exactly the same point during the install process > for everyone, about 1/4 of the way through extracting files from the /bin > distro. From there is just locks up and the CD nolonger does > anything. Replacing the CD drive has been the only workaround so far. Can you verify if these various drives use the same manufacturer and/or did 4.5 work ok on these machines? The one I had here 4.5 worked ok just 4.6 died. Also, if you have a machine available that this is reproducible on, can you see if 4.6.1-RC2 images have the same problem? Thanks tons for the confirm. > -Chris -- John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> <>< http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ "Power Users Use the Power to Serve!" - http://www.FreeBSD.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-qa" in the body of the message
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