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Date:      Fri, 25 Jan 2002 22:44:49 -0600 (CST)
From:      John Utz <john@utzweb.net>
To:        Jordan Hubbard <jkh@winston.freebsd.org>
Cc:        re@FreeBSD.ORG, <stable@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: Installation failure [finally] seen with 4.5-RC3 
Message-ID:  <Pine.LNX.4.44.0201252239160.6863-100000@jupiter.linuxengine.net>
In-Reply-To: <47299.1012013659@winston.freebsd.org>

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On Fri, 25 Jan 2002, Jordan Hubbard wrote:

> This particular machine is surrounded by Macs.  I don't have anything to plug
> its serial port into. :-)

serial2usb adapter? i actually just saw one at computerstop and wondered 
wtf anybody would want them for....

silly me, computer accessiry manufacturer are just *dieing* to service the
lucrative mac/bsd crossover market and here i am mocking their efforts....

> - Jordan
> 
> P.S. I suppose I could revive my Vaio.

umm, i'd say this is a tossup with the adapter idea....the adapter would 
be theoretically less work...but u dont need to go to the store if you 
take this route....

> > On Fri, 25 Jan 2002, Jordan Hubbard wrote:
> > 
> > > Unfortunately, this one seems to be in the "heisenbug" category which
> > > is why I didn't flag it as a show-stopper when it started getting
> > <...> 
> > > I also believe it's actually a kernel panic or hard hang vs sysinstall
> > 
> > if it's a kernel panic, wouldnt you see some indication thereof on the 
> > serial port? or is that sort of functionality not available in an install 
> > kernel?
> > 
> > just my us$ 0.02....
> > 
> > johnu
> > 
> > > - Jordan
> > > 
> > > 
> > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org
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> > > 
> > 
> > -- 
> > 
> > John L. Utz III
> > john@utzweb.net
> > 
> > Idiocy is the Impulse Function in the Convolution of Life
> > 
> 

-- 

John L. Utz III
john@utzweb.net

Idiocy is the Impulse Function in the Convolution of Life


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