Date: Sun, 30 Jul 2000 18:38:25 -0700 (PDT) From: GReg meno <kbagel@yahoo.com> To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Subject: RE: testing going nowhere without my init Message-ID: <20000731013825.3348.qmail@web2001.mail.yahoo.com>
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as I may or may not have said before(not sure where that mail went) my LX gives me "going nowhere without my init" every now and then... I have narrowed to problem to: If you are trying to install on a system with disks that have BSD disklabels that are weird(say ones created by a linux install. It freaks out... however if you create a DOS disklabel and then throw an ext2 filesystem on it the install goes without a hitch HTH Greg PS I'll test the fix as I have several disks with the weird BSDdisk labels just as soon as I can... --- Matthew Jacob <mjacob@feral.com> wrote: > > > On Sat, 22 Jul 2000, Wilko Bulte wrote: > > > On Fri, Jul 21, 2000 at 05:21:38PM -0700, Matthew > Jacob wrote: > > > > > Complete report: > > > > > > I installed on a 4100's 4th scsi disk by: > > > > > > + dd'ing boot.flp onto the third disk (from > NetBSD running on the > > > first disk) > > > > I deduct booting the floppies directly would not > work? > > No, not for me, David, or for you I believe. > > > > > > > + installing to the 4th disk via ftp. I created > one root partition and a swap > > > partition on that device. > > > > > > + installing thru ftp firewall to the specific > URL > > > > > > > ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/snapshots/alpha > > > > > > + By selecting something other than 'all' (I > think I selected 'developer' for > > > the source sets). > > > > > > Things went well until halfway throught profiled > libs, when I guess the ftp > > > session borked (no way to get information from a > serial install) and I had to > > > restart it. Other than not being able to set nis > client info (which is a > > > generic problem) I was left with a usable and > bootable system. > > > > > > At least based on this, we can say that 4100s > *do* actually install. > > > > I could list this as a workaround in RELNOTES.. > what do people think? > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Kick off your party with Yahoo! Invites. http://invites.yahoo.com/ __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Kick off your party with Yahoo! Invites. http://invites.yahoo.com/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message
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