Date: Thu, 16 Jan 1997 19:18:57 -0800 From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com> To: "Brian J. McGovern" <mcgovern@spoon.beta.com> Cc: jkh@freebsd.org, questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ssys.* corrupted in BETA? Message-ID: <1812.853471137@time.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 16 Jan 1997 15:16:26 EST." <199701162016.PAA05710@spoon.beta.com>
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/sys/i386/i386/conf.c died when we changed the allocation scheme for major/minor numbers. Jordan > I was just recently trying to tinker will adding some device drivers to my Un ix > system, to play with them. Using the instructions from the handbook > (4.1.2 - Make room in conf.c), I noticed that I didn't have a conf.c > in the patch specified (/usr/src/sys/i386/i386). Thinking this weird, > and knowing I had been seriously tinkering with the system source anyways, > I went to reinstall from the 2.2-BETA CD I had burned from myself. I got all > the way though ssys.aq when it bombed, saying the compressed data was > invalid. > > So, thinking I had a bad copy, I downloaded ssys.* from ftp.freebsd.org, > in /pub/FreeBSD/2.2-BETA/src... > > The same problem occured. Is it possible that the system source got > corrupted? Or am I just being stupid? Kernel compiles work fine, > but the handbook just doesn't seem to jove, and it claims to have > last been updated 1/4/97. Any help getting a good ssys distribution would > be helpful. > -Brian
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