From owner-freebsd-bugs Wed Dec 18 07:57:49 1996 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) id HAA12479 for bugs-outgoing; Wed, 18 Dec 1996 07:57:49 -0800 (PST) Received: from time.cdrom.com (time.cdrom.com [204.216.27.226]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) with ESMTP id HAA12473; Wed, 18 Dec 1996 07:57:44 -0800 (PST) Received: from time.cdrom.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by time.cdrom.com (8.8.4/8.6.9) with ESMTP id HAA04895; Wed, 18 Dec 1996 07:57:43 -0800 (PST) To: "Julian H. Stacey" cc: bugs@freebsd.org, jkh@freebsd.org Subject: Re: installation 2.1.6 In-reply-to: Your message of "Wed, 18 Dec 1996 13:45:24 +0100." <199612181245.NAA29096@vector.jhs.no_domain> Date: Wed, 18 Dec 1996 07:57:43 -0800 Message-ID: <4892.850924663@time.cdrom.com> From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" Sender: owner-bugs@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > 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. Jordan