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To: jan@bagend.atl.ga.us (Jan Isley)
cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org (FreeBSD Hackers)
Subject: Re: latest install adventures 
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Date: Mon, 05 Jun 1995 13:16:07 -0700
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From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@freefall.cdrom.com>
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> unsets the OS/2 BM unbootable... again, BSD is going onto wd1 and
> BM is on wd0 ... should install not do *anything* to wd0 ???  I

Yes, it has to.  PC BIOSs don't traditionally boot anything but drive
0, and BootEasy (the FreeBSD boot manager) acts like a "boot
redirector" that lets you boot off the second drive.

> * second run - installing only bin goes fine - back to (D)istribution
> to install manpages and upon successful completion it attempts to make
> /dev again - "Unable to move all old devs back.  Hmmm!" - on alt F2

Fixed - this is entirely rearchitected now.

> I may have time for one more iteration, but I am going out of
> town for a 5 day weekend starting tomorrow PM.  Thanks guys!

Thanks - we're working on a number of fronts here to close the last
of these off!

						Jordan