From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Nov 19 21:08:43 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id VAA04132 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 19 Nov 1996 21:08:43 -0800 (PST) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (gdi.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.30]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id VAA04113 for ; Tue, 19 Nov 1996 21:08:35 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.7.5/8.6.12) with SMTP id VAA10798; Tue, 19 Nov 1996 21:08:40 -0800 (PST) Date: Tue, 19 Nov 1996 21:08:40 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White Reply-To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu To: Andrew Pliml cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Problems with 2.1.0-RELEASE In-Reply-To: <3290d1204939603@mhub1.tc.umn.edu> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Mon, 18 Nov 1996, Andrew Pliml wrote: > The info.ad file appears to be corrupted, and I think that's why it's 1K > larger than other distributions. When the installation gets to info.ad, > it has an error and never touches info.ae, the last file. > Must you put source on a separate disk from info. I put sbase on the info > floppy, and it won't install, although the rest of the source will. > I'm installing 2.1.0-RELEASE off 1.44M floppies. Quite likely. Is the original file corrupted or did you download it in ascii mode by mistake? Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major