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To: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au>
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Subject: Re: New "release candidate floppies" available 
In-reply-to: Your message of "Mon, 05 Jun 95 01:01:57 +0930."
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Date: Sun, 04 Jun 1995 16:25:48 -0700
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From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@freefall.cdrom.com>
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> I hope this makes it back to you in time : I'm running my second install
> with these (actually 7am ??) images.

No problem (and please don't cc: announce! :( )

> Very close! FTP install is still looking for <set>.tgz, and hangs 
> if it doesn't find it.  (ie. FTP sites with <set>.xx break it)

Last minute breakage - I think I have it now!  It should be
working in a set I'm having Gary test right as we speak.

> In the post-install configuration, there's a menu (with NFS client/server
> options on it) that is remeniscent of the old options menu - items
> that should have [X] fields but dont.

That's because they're setting variables, not bitmasks.  I don't
have check functions written to verify that variables match the
values in the menus.  Hmmm..  I will try to do this.

> If you nominate to be an NFS server, the install starts vi on /etc/exports,
> but it comes up on the debug screen and you can't type to it.

Argh!  I forgot about this "feature" of vsystem() :-)
I will run it another way, thanks!

> Timezone stuff seems still broken with wall CMOS clocks.  Try entering a cloc
k
> value, nominate that clock time is wall time, then say that you're
> in South Australia.  The 'is this OK' time will be a few hours earlier

Not my dept.

> Indeed.  _PLEASE_ fix the FTP install to handle <550 File not found>
> messages 8)  (another install just hung 8( )

I will/have!  I thought I had already..

					Jordan