Date: Wed, 18 Dec 1996 07:57:43 -0800 From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com> To: "Julian H. Stacey" <jhs@freebsd.org> Cc: bugs@freebsd.org, jkh@freebsd.org Subject: Re: installation 2.1.6 Message-ID: <4892.850924663@time.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 18 Dec 1996 13:45:24 %2B0100." <199612181245.NAA29096@vector.jhs.no_domain>
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> Installing 2.1.6 on a new box ... > When I had no tape in the st0 drive > there was an error message about no tape drives available, > so I started thinking hardware fault .. not so ... > error message is misleading, it should have said no _media_ available. Well, it *is* clearly documented as a prerequisite in the installation guide that you have the tape in, so it's also reasonable to say that you should have never seen this message. ;-) The problem is that the way things work now, lacking a trusted device registration mechanism, it's not possible for me to tell the "tape drive, no tape" case apart from the "no tape drive at all" case. Jordanhome | help
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