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To: "Danny J. Zerkel" <dzerkel@feephi.phofarm.com>
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Subject: Re: 2.0.5 Alpha Install 
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Date: Sun, 04 Jun 1995 03:57:31 -0700
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From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@freefall.cdrom.com>
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> Well, that was painful enough...
> 
> I tested the tape install.  While reading the tape, the screen says:
> "Extracting root floppy..."

This means that the the install raced past the root floppy (which in,
tape installs, has to come to from floppy).  This is not only a bug,
but flawed reasoning since there's really nothing that stops me from
getting the root floppy from tape (nor should it zing past it when I
try).  Ok, I'll fix it - thanks!

> I had a lot of trouble with the boot floppy either panicing or failing to
> uncompress the kernel.  The panic looked like this:

Hmmm.  No immediate solution.  Let me pass this along, thanks!

> This was all with this morning's boot floppy.  (3 June 95)
> It also didn't create the DOS partition mount directory.

I believe I've fixed that, thanks!

					Jordan