From owner-freebsd-current Fri Sep 4 18:15:53 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id SAA13220 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Fri, 4 Sep 1998 18:15:53 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from cimlogic.com.au (cimlog.lnk.telstra.net [139.130.51.31]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id SAA13205 for ; Fri, 4 Sep 1998 18:15:46 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jb@cimlogic.com.au) Received: (from jb@localhost) by cimlogic.com.au (8.8.8/8.8.7) id LAA13608; Sat, 5 Sep 1998 11:28:00 +1000 (EST) (envelope-from jb) From: John Birrell Message-Id: <199809050128.LAA13608@cimlogic.com.au> Subject: Re: CAM & current In-Reply-To: <8588.904956673@time.cdrom.com> from "Jordan K. Hubbard" at "Sep 4, 98 05:51:13 pm" To: jkh@time.cdrom.com (Jordan K. Hubbard) Date: Sat, 5 Sep 1998 11:28:00 +1000 (EST) Cc: ian@gamespot.com, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG, jkb@best.com X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL40 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Jordan K. Hubbard wrote: > > My install completed but it doesn't boot, chokes up and dies just as the > > original boot floppy did. Time to go drink beer. > > Well, erm, yes. Don't forget - the bindist you loaded during the > installation does *not* include Justin's fixes, he merely released an > updated boot.flp. The kernel you booted from off the hard disk was part > of the (old) bindist and so the expected thing happend. > > Now that he knows your system installs with it, however, maybe Justin > can re-roll the bindist or at least give you the patches so that you > can boot into fixit mode with that working floppy, bring up your network > and patch the sources you installed. Install a new kernel, reboot, > you're on your way to full functionality. Or perhaps you just let Justin concentrate on getting CAM ready for 3.0. There will be time for people to play with goodies in 3.0 after Sept 15. -- John Birrell - jb@cimlogic.com.au; jb@freebsd.org http://www.cimlogic.com.au/ CIMlogic Pty Ltd, GPO Box 117A, Melbourne Vic 3001, Australia +61 418 353 137 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message