Date: Wed, 19 Jun 2002 13:51:34 -0700 From: bmah@FreeBSD.org (Bruce A. Mah) To: Bob Johnson <bo89@garbonzo.hos.ufl.edu> Cc: bmah@FreeBSD.org, stable@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: RFC: Errata on CDROM installs (was Re: ATA Atapi 4.6 Release) Message-ID: <200206192051.g5JKpYas048092@intruder.bmah.org> In-Reply-To: <20020619195555.GA17166@scanner.engnet.ufl.edu> References: <20020619195555.GA17166@scanner.engnet.ufl.edu>
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--==_Exmh_1073431058P Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii If memory serves me right, Bob Johnson wrote: > > I've written up a slightly more polished errata note; a PDF rendering is > > at the URL below. Could someone tell me if this actually works or not? > > (I'm especially interested in feedback on the CD-ROM install procedure.) > > It doesn't work for me. The boot messages show that the CD-ROM remains > in PIO mode. I forgot to bring the details with me, so I can't tell > you what type of CD it is at the moment. OK. > > I have never seen the problem first-hand, so some of you folks who've > > actually experienced it need to say if I've got it right or not. > > > > http://people.freebsd.org/~bmah/doc/errata/article.pdf > > > > I suggest adding something to explain that during install, you need > to hit alt-F2 to see the console messages. People reading this are > likely to be inexperienced, else they would have already seen this > on -stable or -questions. OK. At what point should they do this? > I also suggest mentioning that this workaround works only in some > (or maybe "most") cases. Yeah, after a couple of other people said it didn't work for them, I added some text to the effect that this works in some (but not necessariily all) cases. Thanks! Bruce. --==_Exmh_1073431058P Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (FreeBSD) Comment: Exmh version 2.5+ 20020506 iD8DBQE9EO7W2MoxcVugUsMRAvYAAJ0bCXSyMtbz201EdACFbitoRzsk/QCggpK1 LWCZPnAd3lziei04EN7gF1g= =NCzW -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --==_Exmh_1073431058P-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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