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From: Thomas David Rivers <ponds!rivers@dg-rtp.dg.com>
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To: ponds!etinc.com!dennis, ponds!freebsd.org!hackers
Subject: Re: 2.2.1R NFS and FTP load problem UPDATE
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> 
> 
> Since reporting that I couldnt do an nfs or ftp load on 2.2.1R with only
> 8 meg of ram, I've discovered i also cant do it with 12..the symptom being
> that the system hangs while loading the bin distribution. I've since 
> discovered that I can load the minimal, binary only and full source
> distribution, but the kernel developer distribution hangs every time.
> 
> Could there be a bug in that selection?
> 
> I notice that when I select kernel developer, it also automagically
> selects user. This never happened in previous releases. Is this
> supposed to happen? Could there be a problem with an allocation
> somewhere?
> 
> Dennis
> 

 I'm seeing NFS hangs after a system install (see my previous
reports in the freebsd-hackers list.)  I'm beginning to suspect
we simply have an NFS bug here and that your problems aren't
particular to "install time."


 I was, however, able to load a custom setup which was basically
binary + des + Xfree86 over NFS - I didn't try the full source or
kernel developer distribution.  

	- Dave Rivers -