Date: Sun, 12 Nov 1995 08:33:08 -0500 (EST) From: Kim Culhan <kimc@w8hd.org> To: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com> Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: boot.flp for 1104 snap broken Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.951112083112.18571B-100000@w8hd.w8hd.org> In-Reply-To: <14041.816148254@time.cdrom.com>
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On Sat, 11 Nov 1995, Jordan K. Hubbard wrote: > > > > The installation on this snap appears broken, here are the details: > > > > 1) Booting from the floppy and into the menu-driven installation, I tried > > to create a FreeBSD 'partition' which appeared to work Ok. > > > > 2) Trying to create partitions and label same I can create some partitions > > (even using the autodefaults choice) but then it blows-up, complaining > > first that its unable to write to the swap partition > > You used `(W)rite' from the label screen, didn't you? > > This has been proven, for reasons I'm still unable to fathom, not to > work for systems that are not yet installed. I have therefore put > LARGE warning letters telling people to not use it for anything but > tweaking an existing system. You'll see this in 2.1. > > Don't use Write. Do your commit step in one go. Yes, I was trying to use Write and looks like I used the one-step commit in one attempt and thats what got it going. kim -- kimc@w8hd.org
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