From owner-freebsd-bugs Wed Feb 9 3:30:48 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.FreeBSD.ORG [204.216.27.21]) by builder.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 824EE3D73 for ; Wed, 9 Feb 2000 03:30:34 -0800 (PST) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.9.3/8.9.2) id DAA91721; Wed, 9 Feb 2000 03:30:05 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Date: Wed, 9 Feb 2000 03:30:05 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <200002091130.DAA91721@freefall.freebsd.org> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Cc: From: Ruslan Ermilov Subject: Re: i386/16144: FreeBSd 3.4. /stand/sysinstall cores when accessing 'distributions' menu Reply-To: Ruslan Ermilov Sender: owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org The following reply was made to PR i386/16144; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Ruslan Ermilov To: Francois Berjon Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Subject: Re: i386/16144: FreeBSd 3.4. /stand/sysinstall cores when accessing 'distributions' menu Date: Wed, 9 Feb 2000 00:30:59 +0200 Please listen to what /etc/motd says to you, then go and read the errata for 3.4-RELEASE: http://www.freebsd.org/releases/3.4R/errata.html On Tue, Feb 08, 2000 at 08:30:04AM -0800, Francois Berjon wrote: > The following reply was made to PR i386/16144; it has been noted by GNATS. > > From: Francois Berjon > To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org, paul@iaehv.nl > Cc: > Subject: Re: i386/16144: FreeBSd 3.4. /stand/sysinstall cores when accessing > 'distributions' menu > Date: Tue, 08 Feb 2000 17:28:20 +0100 > > Basically the same problem for me: selecting "custom distributions" in > the > distributions menu yields an instant segfault every time. > > Context: 'Custom' installation of 3.4-RELEASE, system booted from 3.4 > kern/mfsroot floppies. > > I had no problems getting into the top-level 'Distributions' menu. > Selecting > one of the canned sets (in particular X-kern-developer) works OK. But > selecting > the "Custom distributions" options produces and instant and systematic > segfault. > I could not get a core or analysis as the machine of course immediately > reboots. > > There does not seem to be an extremely specific chain of events leading > to > this situation: segfault is immediate upon selecting the "custom > distributions" > option, irrespective of the operations performed before. > > That bug is non-fatal in the sense that it is still possible to install > a 3.4 machine with one of the canned filesets, but this makes a custom > installation > impossible. Makes it pretty serious, IMHO :-) > > Francois. > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message -- Ruslan Ermilov Sysadmin and DBA of the ru@ucb.crimea.ua United Commercial Bank, ru@FreeBSD.org FreeBSD committer, +380.652.247.647 Simferopol, Ukraine http://www.FreeBSD.org The Power To Serve http://www.oracle.com Enabling The Information Age To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message