From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Apr 11 22:03:34 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id WAA14213 for questions-outgoing; Fri, 11 Apr 1997 22:03:34 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail.vcr.istar.ca (mail.vcr.iSTAR.ca [204.191.152.4]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id WAA14208 for ; Fri, 11 Apr 1997 22:03:30 -0700 (PDT) Received: from pme84.sunshine.net [204.191.205.84] by mail.vcr.istar.ca with smtp (Exim 1.58 #2) id 0wFuxZ-0006Fp-00; Fri, 11 Apr 1997 22:02:46 -0700 X-Sender: sn1020@sunshine.net (Unverified) X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Version 1.4.3 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: "Jordan K. Hubbard" From: kevin_eliuk@sunshine.net (Kevin Eliuk) Subject: Re: Ghosts In The Machine Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-Id: Date: Fri, 11 Apr 1997 22:02:46 -0700 Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk >> I was upgrading to 2.2.1 release from 2.1.7 release and on two occassions I >> had strange failures :-? On both occasions I was forced to shutdown and >> boot /kernel.prev in order to replace my /etc dir. . > >You don't give any actual details to go on, so for generic "strange >failures" I can only recommend a priest. If you want a tech to help >you with it, you need to give details. :-) BAD habit of wanting to be brief. The down load was doing alot of timing out although when I would ping there was normal reaction with the main server (ftp.freebsd.org) and then I would re-attach and as prompted and the transmission would slow down to a crawl and finally fail. Now the pc is not responding to my login at all after a 3rd and I thought successful attempt. >> After login: root I recieved some mighty strange messages. One was about bed >> time stories that nightmares are made of ( I guess that was appropriate) the > >I think that was just fortune running. It does by default for new users, >I think. > Kevin