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From: mikko@dynas.se (Mikko Tyolajarvi)
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Subject: CD-ROM vs FTP Layout (Was: Intel Endeavor install problems (639K != 640K -> SIG 11))
Date: 12 Apr 1996 15:05:46 +0200
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Problem solved.

So simple it is embarrasing. This *has* to be well-known. But why???


mikko@dynas.se (Mikko Tyolajarvi) [that's me :-)] writes:

>Finally it happened: I came across a machine where FreeBSD wouldn't ins=
tall :-(
>(That's FreeBSD 2.1-RELEASE, BTW)

[ System information, that turned out to be totally irrelevant, deleted =
]

>It gets
>as far as ftp-ing the bin distribution (from a local machine with
>a CD drive), then dies on a SIG 11.

Here it is: FTP installation from a 2.1 CD does not work, because the
directory layout on FTP servers (which is assumed when installing over F=
TP)
differs from the layout on the 2.1 CD.  The CD keeps all the distributio=
n
directories in the "dists" directory, while the FTP archives keep them
directly under the root.  Hence the position relative to the "floppies"
directory is not the same, and installation fails to locate files.

A few symbolic links was one way to solve the problem, and get back to t=
he
usual installs-like-a-dream-in-less-than-15-minutes situation.

BTW: The 2.0.5 CD could be installed from in this way.

=09=09Regards,
=09=09/Mikko

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 Mikko Ty=F6l=E4j=E4rvi (mikko@dynas.se)              <Insert cheesy quo=
te here>
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