Date: Wed, 14 Apr 2004 13:04:51 -0700 (PDT) From: Jin Guojun (DSD staff) <jin@gracie.lbl.gov> To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: kern/65546: 4.10-BETA fails to install from NFS Message-ID: <200404142004.i3EK4phv028609@gracie.lbl.gov> Resent-Message-ID: <200404142010.i3EKAIVR020505@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 65546 >Category: kern >Synopsis: 4.10-BETA fails to install from NFS >Confidential: no >Severity: serious >Priority: high >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Wed Apr 14 13:10:18 PDT 2004 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Jin Guojun (DSD staff) >Release: FreeBSD 4.10-BETA >Organization: >Environment: System: FreeBSD 4.10-BETA #1: Wed Feb 11 14:33:03 PST 2004 FreeBSD 4.10-BETA >Description: 4.10-BETA installation floppies failed to install system. Everything is mounted from a FreeBSD server, but installation failed at update /var/db/mounttab: Press F2-key to see: mount_nfs: failed to update /var/db/mounttab Also, at this point, installation loops forever in following sequences: ...... Do you want to retry YES NO If answering YES, nothing happens (keeping loop) If answer NO, it says: doc/doc.aa not found press enter or space both ENTER and SPACE key will invoke umount, which failed at: umount_nfs: failed to update /var/db/mounttab umount_nfs: failed to update /var/db/mounttab umount_nfs: failed to update /var/db/mounttab umount_nfs: failed to update /var/db/mounttab and loops forever. This should have either retry or start over again, so user can choice start over to use FTP for installation. >How-To-Repeat: >Fix: >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted:
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