From owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Thu May 19 04:50:11 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-bugs@hub.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 10C7D16A4CE for ; Thu, 19 May 2005 04:50:11 +0000 (GMT) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.freebsd.org [216.136.204.21]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DC51C43D7B for ; Thu, 19 May 2005 04:50:10 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (gnats@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.13.3/8.13.3) with ESMTP id j4J4o5Vd021454 for ; Thu, 19 May 2005 04:50:05 GMT (envelope-from gnats@freefall.freebsd.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.13.3/8.13.1/Submit) id j4J4o5s8021453; Thu, 19 May 2005 04:50:05 GMT (envelope-from gnats) Date: Thu, 19 May 2005 04:50:05 GMT Message-Id: <200505190450.j4J4o5s8021453@freefall.freebsd.org> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org From: Wesley Groleau Subject: Re: bin/81218: 5.4 dist archives not backwards compatible X-BeenThere: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: Wesley Groleau List-Id: Bug reports List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 19 May 2005 04:50:11 -0000 The following reply was made to PR bin/81218; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Wesley Groleau To: bug-followup@FreeBSD.org, groleau+bsd@freeshell.org Cc: Subject: Re: bin/81218: 5.4 dist archives not backwards compatible Date: Wed, 18 May 2005 23:09:41 -0500 I found a workaround: Apparently, enough got loaded before 'tar' bailed out to make the disk bootable. The boot sequence hung before giving a login prompt, and remote logins wouldn't work. However, by unplugging peripherals, I finally shook it loose enough to a place where Ctrl-C would exit the startup script. Then I was able to repeat the commands using the 'tar' that the failed attempt had installed. -- Wes Groleau ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ^ A UNIX signature isn't a return address, it's the ASCII equivalent ^ ^ of a black velvet clown painting. It's a rectangle of carets ^ ^ surrounding a quote from a literary giant of weeniedom like ^ ^ Heinlein or Dr. Who. ^ ^ -- Chris Maeda ^ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^