Date: Thu, 30 Jan 1997 12:18:55 -0800 (PST) From: Simon Shapiro <Shimon@i-Connect.Net> To: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> Cc: current@freebsd.org, Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> Subject: RE: install broken on the 970124 snap (fwd) Message-ID: <XFMail.970130154548.Shimon@i-Connect.Net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSI.3.94.970128193451.24983G-100000@localhost>
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Hi Doug White; On 29-Jan-97 you wrote: ... > Little problem with installation on yesterday's SNAP release. I am doing > an install from a dos partition, and I copied everything correctly into > c:\freebsd\bin. When I get to the point in the install where it is to > do the extraction of the distributions, the install says it can't find > the bin distribution. I put the install system into debug mode to watch > the festivities, and it seemed to be snagging the bin.inf and choking on > it. It was bombing out with an error about a "P" and it couldn't find > "pieces". > > I played with it for a bit, and if you edit bin.inf and change the "Pieces > = 72" to "pieces = 72" it works correctly. > > Minor typo, but it prevented me from installing. Just thought you should > know. I am working with the dist from ftp.freebsd.org. > > Thanks, Had similar problems installing from a ufs partition... Simon
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