Date: Sat, 24 Oct 1998 19:27:07 -0700 From: Ulf Zimmermann <ulf@Alameda.net> To: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>, "Stephen J. Roznowski" <sjr@home.net> Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG, jkh@time.cdrom.com Subject: Re: 3.0 installation problems Message-ID: <19981024192707.C183@Alameda.net> In-Reply-To: <199810241905.MAA05523@dingo.cdrom.com>; from Mike Smith on Sat, Oct 24, 1998 at 12:05:34PM -0700 References: <199810241850.OAA11330@istari.home.net> <199810241905.MAA05523@dingo.cdrom.com>
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On Sat, Oct 24, 1998 at 12:05:34PM -0700, Mike Smith wrote: > > I just got done doing a fresh install of 3.0 and had a few problems. > > [These comments are from some jotted notes, and may be incomplete]: > > Thanks for these; it would of course have been nice to hear these back > before the release, but I guess we can alway try for next time. > > > 1) I have an "Intel EtherExpress Pro/10+" and was trying to do an FTP > > install (via a cable modem). I deleted all of the other network > > devices -- the card was recognized, but the install hung during > > the "adding route" step. > > The 'adding route' freeze irritates the *&^%( out of me. There are > several different things that can go wrong at this point and there's no > easy way to tell which one it is. I have problems with the 3.0-R install on a net 10 install. The company I work at uses 10.0/16 as the local address space and then a NAT/Firewall wall. Adding a default route to 10.0.1.1 hangs for ever, even with a nameserver configured. Installing with no DNS settings and using just plain IPs, the install works fine. > > > I occasionally had problems with my prior 3.0-current setup, where > > this card would be probed, but didn't seem to be working. A reboot > > (or two) usually fixes the problem. > > Did it fix the problem for you here ultimately? > > > 2) I was doing an install using the entire 2nd drive (da1) and not > > touching the MBR. After setup was finished, my /etc/fstab was > > incorrectly referencing the first drive (da0). Further, none of > > the /dev/da1s1? devices were made. > > This is one that Jordan will have to field; it looks like something has > forgotten the unit number somewhere along the way. Definitely bad. > > > 3) I installed the "netscape-navigator-4.07" port, and when I try to > > execute it, I get the following error: > > > > ld.so failed: Can't find shared library "libXt.so.6.0" > > I don't think that the a.out X libraries get installed by default. (I > could be wrong about this.) If there's nothing in /usr/X11R6/lib/aout, > then that's the problem. In that case, we'll need to provide them too. > > -- > \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith > \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au > \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org > \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message -- Regards, Ulf. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Ulf Zimmermann, 1525 Pacific Ave., Alameda, CA-94501, #: 510-769-2936 Alameda Networks, Inc. | http://www.Alameda.net | Fax#: 510-521-5073 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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