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From: Brian Litzinger <brian@MediaCity.com>
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Subject: Re: 951104-SNAP install report
To: ec0@s1.GANet.NET (Eric Chet)
Date: Wed, 8 Nov 1995 16:29:38 -0800 (PST)
Cc: jmb@kryten.Atinc.COM, questions@freebsd.org
In-Reply-To: <199511081522.KAA04090@s1.GANet.NET> from "Eric Chet" at Nov 8, 95 10:22:40 am
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> 
> > 
> > On Tue, 7 Nov 1995, Jordan K. Hubbard wrote:
> > 
> > > > install via ftp.  got thru more than 56 splits out of 68 in bin.  then 
> > > > the machine paniced and said "i'm dead".   so how do i finish the install 
> > > > without blowing it all away and having to start again.   i tried to boot 
> > > > to the hard drive.....there is no /kernel there.
> > > 
> > > Erm.  can you give us more details on what you did that led up to
> > > the panic?  Needless to say, it should not do this!

I experienced the same failure and reported it to this list on an
earlier SNAP.  I ended installing via NFS without any problems.

Mine said, Signal 11 somethingorother, I am dead.

Brian Litzinger
brian@mediacity.com