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To: Jimbo Bahooli <moke@fools.ecpnet.com>
From: Eivind Eklund <eivind@dimaga.com>
Subject: Re: 2.2-BETA install fraught with peril?
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At 05:24 PM 1/3/97 -0600, you wrote:
>
>
>On Fri, 3 Jan 1997, Eivind Eklund wrote:
>	<blah about why it didn't work delete>
>
>> I think that was it.  I got it to install (using 2.1.6-floppies instead of
>> 2.2-BETA due to the bus errors/segment violations), and assume I will get
>> it up and running later today (I'll just have to fix the partitioning and
>> copy the data back), so I haven't and problems asa a such, but it would be
>> nice for everybody else to get this fixed (as I now know the quirks, and
>> won't have more trouble :)
>
>See the thing is, BETA, ALPHA, and SNAPS are designed to be installed by
>people who know freebsd. The sysinstall is by a rule neglected in these
>because its not neccessary to update it for people who know freebsd.
>Maybe next time you will pay attention to the BETA in the name.

The ALPHAs and especially BETAs are released to get a 100% stable version
before a -RELEASE.  Thus, all problems with the sysinstall should, IMHO, be
of interest, as it is interesting to have them fixed before release.  I've
been running FreeBSD for about a year now, including kernel hacking it to
get it to run on some systems.  I think I qualify as knowing it.

Anyway, citing from the FreeBSD 2.2-BETA announcement:

>The BETA period for 2.2 will be approximately 20 days, starting today
>and running through January 14th.  Please test this release as
>seriously as you can and report any problems to us, full instructions
>for which are in the README.TXT file.

Maybe next time you will pay attention to your facts and manners.


Eivind Eklund / perhaps@yes.no / http://maybe.yes.no/perhaps/