From owner-freebsd-current Wed Sep 30 20:39:48 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id UAA00574 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Wed, 30 Sep 1998 20:39:48 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from smtp2.jps.net (smtp2.jps.net [209.63.224.235]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id UAA00567 for ; Wed, 30 Sep 1998 20:39:46 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from oski@jps.net) Received: from jps.net (209-63-247-137.smf.jps.net [209.63.247.137]) by smtp2.jps.net (8.9.0/8.8.5) with ESMTP id UAA20757 for ; Wed, 30 Sep 1998 20:41:22 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <3612F8A8.F4013D12@jps.net> Date: Wed, 30 Sep 1998 20:36:09 -0700 From: Michael Oski X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.06 [en] (Win95; U) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: 3.0BETA install problem Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG I realize this message doesn't have squat for details, but I thought I should mention it since it could be a *real* problem. I was trying to install the 3.0-BETA-19980925 snapshot on a Compaq Deskpro 2000 PII/233. I ftp'd the entire snapshot to a DOS partition (C:\FreeBSD) and gen'd the boot.flp from there. During the installation, it tried to mount wd0s3 (I assume the DOS partition) as /dist but failed with an unsupported media error of some sort - hence, the lack of details - I didn't write the thing down :-( I tried the same method with the 3.0-BETA-19980923 and 3.0-BETA-19980927 snapshots and got the same error. I worked around the problem by ftp'ing the snapshot to an AIX server I have and installed via ftp from it. (I can't install via ftp directly from ftp.freebsd.org due to bizarre firewall & DNS issues - don't ask...) Anyway, I thought I'd mention it in case someone has the inclination to test an install from a DOS partition and verify that it this was actually some sort of brain fart of mine and not a *real* problem. MO! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message