Date: Fri, 19 Mar 1999 07:41:02 +1300 From: "Dan Langille" <junkmale@xtra.co.nz> To: "morel" <morel@acadia.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD 3.1 Gripes Message-ID: <19990318184200.MQLK682101.mta1-rme@wocker> In-Reply-To: <000001be708c$f6e6b640$0a000064@iris>
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On 17 Mar 99, at 10:43, morel wrote: > I have been running 2.2.7 for a while and been satisfied with it, so I > decided to try out 3.1. It will not install via ATAPI cdrom. I tried on my > dual cpu Tyan Tomcat with Adaptec 2940 SCSI controller and it worked with > the SCSI cdrom, but the cd would not boot, giving a kernel missing error. > Also if you umount the cdrom from the /cdrom directory, then try to cd /, > the OS gives a page fault and hard crashes (Very Bad !!!!!!) I think those > software vikings that hacked the new OS aught to be fed to the crabs! You > had a great OS, why did you have to go and screw it up? Perhaps next time, you could just ask for help instead of complaining. I have no idea what caused the problems you encountered. I've always found that people are willing to help anyone if the request for help is politely phrased. FWIW: I do vaguely recall seeing a problem similar to yours. Umm, the CD- ROM problem boot I mean. <grin> -- Dan Langille The FreeBSD Diary http://www.FreeBSDDiary.com/freebsd To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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