From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Nov 5 20:39:56 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EC95216A419 for ; Mon, 5 Nov 2007 20:39:56 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from antik@bsd.ee) Received: from smtp-gw1.starman.ee (smtp-out5.starman.ee [85.253.0.7]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A3C1613C4B6 for ; Mon, 5 Nov 2007 20:39:56 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from antik@bsd.ee) Received: from mx1.starman.ee (mx1.starman.ee [62.65.192.16]) by smtp-gw1.starman.ee (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4B238A215C7 for ; Mon, 5 Nov 2007 22:39:39 +0200 (EET) X-Virus-Scanned: by Amavisd-New at mx1.starman.ee Received: from [192.168.2.100] (pc50.host50.starman.ee [62.65.242.50]) by mx1.starman.ee (Postfix) with ESMTP id A51503F4080 for ; Mon, 5 Nov 2007 22:39:38 +0200 (EET) From: Andrei Kolu To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Date: Mon, 5 Nov 2007 22:39:38 +0200 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.7 References: <200711051051.54103.antik@bsd.ee> <472EE0D6.8070404@moneybookers.com> In-Reply-To: <472EE0D6.8070404@moneybookers.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1251" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200711052239.38628.antik@bsd.ee> Subject: Re: [FreeBSD 7.0-BETA1 and beyound] Rescue environment is non-functional on AMD64/Intel64 X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 05 Nov 2007 20:39:57 -0000 Monday 05 November 2007 11:22:30 kirjutas Stefan Lambrev: > Hi, > > Andrei Kolu wrote: > > After some experimenting with BETA1/1.5 or whatever it is I encountered > > serious problems: > > > > 1. Emergency shell on tty3 is useless- not a single command is available. > > This is install CD not fixit CD. On istall CD emergency shell becomes > useful once you actually install those commands. > Install what? How, where? Why emergency shell works on snapshot release and not on beta? To me this is a BIG ***** BUG not a feature. > > 2. When tried to use installcd as livecd is asked me to insert livecd > > (there is plenty of free space available on installcd- why not use that > > usefully?). > > BETA ISOs are smaller only because packages are not included, and they > will be included for FreeBSD 7.0-RELEASE. > > > I am positive I was able to use emergency shell and livecd function on > > CURRENT september snapsot just fine (i386 version though). > > Yes you can use it and now after the install process is started. > I don't want to start install process, I want to restore bootloader. # boot0cfg -B ad0 And now I have to download 500+MB to do things I did without any problem for years?! Sry, I am pissed off...