Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2000 16:39:40 EST From: "John Daniels" <jmd526@hotmail.com> To: freebsd-qa@freebsd.org, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: 4.0-RELEASE Install Message-ID: <20000316213940.5200.qmail@hotmail.com>
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Hi: I installed 4.0-RELEASE on March 15th from ftp.freebsd.org and found these problems: 1. "Unable to extract local distribution" I had the same problem with 4.0-RC3. What is the local distribution? Is it important? Has this been fixed? Can I now get it using /stand/sysinstall? 2. "Package RSAREF was not found in the Index" Again, can I now get this using /stand/sysinstall? 3. After the system rebooted, I logged in a user account but I got the message "could not lookup internet address for ..." when I started x. (I hit a "continue" button or something and X did start - but Netscape did not connect to any web pages) Perhaps my NIC was not being made available as a device to the user account? I don't recall getting the message under root, but I haven't yet tested Netscape under root either. Is there some privilege that I have to set, or some group that a user must belong to that will allow access to the NIC? 4. I wasn't asked if I wanted to sync my clock with an outside source. Is this because I didn't activate named? How can I activeate named now? (stand/sysinstall?) 5. By CVSup-ing, I can keep my sources up-to-date, but how do I know thta is safe to make and install a new kernel? (I have been wondering this about those who track -CURRENT) I know that it is always a good idea to keep a previously workign kernel around, but how do you tell the system, on boot, to use the old one? John ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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