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From: David Toth <dave_toth@dgc.ceo.dg.com>
Date: Fri, 03 Mar 95 04:04:43 -500
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Subject: Problems with 950210-SNAP
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1. BIOS memory reduced by 1K to 639K causing warning message, 
   machine report 640K BIOS memory using the 2.0-RELEASE version
 
2. Both the 2.0-RELEASE and the 2.0-950210-SNAP version yield
   the following problem:
 
   Background: AcerPower 9000T 60MHz Pentium 32MB RAM
               IDE 500M
               Adaptec 2940 PCI SCSI w/ 500M & CDROM
               3COM EtherLink III 3C509-Combo card
 
   Problem: When attempting to perform install using FTP,
            system attempts to launch NcFTP to connect to
            the distribution site and the debug screen (Alt-F2)
            prints the following message:

"NcFTP:Could not get your passwd entry! (9):Bad File Descriptor"

            The system then freezes until your return to the
            Alt-F1 screen and press Ctrl-C at which point the
            system halts. I sucessfully got around this problem
            with 2.0-RELEASE by ftp'ing the BINDIST directory
            down to my local DOS hard drive by hand and then
            rebooting the system back into BSD and using the
            DOS install choice instead of FTP.

            If the FTP program is looking for /etc/passwd there
            isn't one in the /etc directory... I checked.
 
            NOTE: I let it trash all the filesystems when I
            decided to see if the 950210-SNAP would help with
            my network problems.
 
            FYI: The 2.0-RELEASE version eventually got running
            but would freeze on bootup when ipconfig'ing the
            ethernet card. The kernel boot successfully ident'd
            the card as being at Port 300, Int 10 ... 
 
Thanks in advance,
DT