Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2000 07:54:20 +1000 (EST) From: User Raymond <raymond@one.com.au> To: freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: alpha/17642: FreeBSD/alpha 4.0 RELEASE installation fails with cant Message-ID: <200006142154.HAA15089@gw.one.com.au>
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To: freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG The following seems to occur with VMS labeled disks as well. > The following reply was made to PR alpha/17642; it has been noted by GNATS. > > From: Wilko Bulte <wkb@chello.nl> > To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org, dkleinh@phy.ucsf.edu > Cc: > Subject: Re: alpha/17642: FreeBSD/alpha 4.0 RELEASE installation fails with > cant > find init > Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2000 20:38:26 +0200 > > Received the following information <see quote>. For the time being > I've commited a warning to both 4.x and -current in INSTALL.TXT for the > alpha. At least people have an opportunity to -know- what hurts them > (assuming they read docs ;-) > > Wilko > > > <quote> > I had seen those posts and as a matter of fact, last week I wiped all my > disks of BSD disk labels and was able to install. I don't know where > this > information should be put, but I think it definitely needs to be > documented until it is fixed. The problem seems to be the existence of > a > BSD disklabel on other disks, the disklabel can be from Linux, NetBSD, > OpenBSD, Digital/Tru64 Unix - doesn't matter -- the FreeBSD install will > give the "can't find init" error. I installed NT and created NTFS > partitions on my disks and then was able to install FreeBSD/alpha. > > Dirk > </quote?> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message
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