From owner-freebsd-chat Wed Dec 25 10:02:21 1996 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) id KAA17546 for chat-outgoing; Wed, 25 Dec 1996 10:02:21 -0800 (PST) Received: from zeus.xtalwind.net (pa2dsp18.x31.infi.net [206.27.115.66]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) with ESMTP id KAA17541 for ; Wed, 25 Dec 1996 10:02:17 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by zeus.xtalwind.net (8.8.4/8.8.4) with SMTP id NAA00443; Wed, 25 Dec 1996 13:02:53 -0500 (EST) Date: Wed, 25 Dec 1996 13:02:53 -0500 (EST) From: jack X-Sender: jack@localhost To: "Jordan K. Hubbard" cc: chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD 2.2-BETA is now available In-Reply-To: <10937.851488453@time.cdrom.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-chat@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Tue, 24 Dec 1996, Jordan K. Hubbard wrote: > 10/14 and 2.1.6 were both significantly delayed by quirks in WC's disk > production mechanism which I am right now discussing ways to improve. Good luck. I did notice a bit of a problem with the boot.flp, the release name is set to 2.2-BETA_A. That can't be found on ftp.freebsd.org :( quick trip into options cured that. :) I'm a bit puzzled by the X86 selection menu. It lists the size of source and csource as 100M each yet `All of the above' is only 20M. New math or some super duper compression scheme? Now that we've abandoned 1.2 meg floppies for boot.flp would it be possible to institute a graceful recovery from dropped carrier on an FTP install via modem? You can switch back to the PPP session and reestablish your PPP connection but, AFAIK, you can't pick up the FTP session. Assuming you've made it past the bin distribution the ability to go into the `clean up' phase, remake devices, set permissions, copy kernel.GENERIC, etc.., would at least leave you with a bootable system and the bells and whistles could be added latter if the /stand directory was revived. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jack O'Neill Finger jacko@diamond.xtalwind.net or jack@xtalwind.net http://www.xtalwind.net/~jacko/pubpgp.html #include for my PGP key. PGP Key fingerprint = F6 C4 E6 D4 2F 15 A7 67 FD 09 E9 3C 5F CC EB CD --------------------------------------------------------------------------