Date: Sun, 25 Oct 1998 01:56:09 -0500 (EST) From: jclarke@cisco.com To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: i386/8446: 3.0-RELEASE install bug Message-ID: <199810250656.BAA00723@jclarke-pc.cisco.com>
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>Number: 8446 >Category: i386 >Synopsis: DOS install option does not work in 3.0-RELEASE >Confidential: no >Severity: serious >Priority: high >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Sun Oct 25 10:20:01 PST 1998 >Last-Modified: >Originator: Joe Marcus Clarke >Organization: Cisco Systems, Inc. >Release: FreeBSD 3.0-RELEASE i386 >Environment: Pentium 686 and 586 -class CPU 64 MB RAM, FAT32 DOS partition on wd0s1, booting 3.0-RELEASE floppy dated Oct 19, 1998. >Description: Using the latest 3.0-RELEASE floppy, the DOS install option does not work. With the same partition setup ,using the same 3.0 distribution files, the 2.2.7-RELEASE boot floppy does succeed when installing from a DOS partition. >How-To-Repeat: Boot from the 3.0-RELEASE boot floppy, ensure that a FAT32 partition exists on wd0s1 with a FREEBSD\BIN directory, and try to do a Minimal installation from DOS. It will fail. Then boot off the 2.2.7-RELEASE boot floppy, and do the same thing with the same distribution, and it will succeed in extracting the files. >Fix: No easy fix or work-around. Complicated workaround involving partial install with 2.2.7-RELEASE floppy, then rebooting using 3.0 and using the existing mount command to mount wd0s1 at a given mount point, then installing from file system. >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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