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Subject: Does /stand/sysinstall overwrite existing system?
Date: Wed, 15 May 1996 12:00:16 +0900
From: Toshihiro Kanda <candy@fct.kgc.co.jp>
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  I wonder if my previous mail was lost; sorry if you read the
folloings again.

  I'm running FreeBSD 2.1 in sd1.  There's an unformatted disk in sd0.
I wanted to install FreeBSD 2.2-960501 into sd0 by /stand/sysinstall
(which is in sd1).  I selected only `[X] sd0' in the `Select Drive(s)'
dialog, then continued.

  Unfortunately, it stopped while processing `Extacting bin into /
directry...'  When I rebooted the machine, /etc or /bin directories in
sd1 was overwritten by 2.2-snap so none can login anymore.

  Is this the expected behavior for sysinstall, or bug?  Is it
possible to install a new system into sd0 by /stand/sysinstall in sd1?

candy@fct.kgc.co.jp (Toshihiro Kanda)