Date: Thu, 21 Mar 2002 14:21:09 -0500 From: Jake Burkholder <jake@locore.ca> To: Steve Barkey <sbarkey@alexin.ca> Cc: freebsd-sparc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Booting. Message-ID: <20020321142109.L90182@locore.ca> In-Reply-To: <6F23C7A733C4E94DB92C77EF1C6DA4D94440@iron.alexin.ca>; from sbarkey@alexin.ca on Thu, Mar 21, 2002 at 01:17:02PM -0500 References: <6F23C7A733C4E94DB92C77EF1C6DA4D94440@iron.alexin.ca>
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Apparently, On Thu, Mar 21, 2002 at 01:17:02PM -0500, Steve Barkey said words to the effect of; > > > ...... > > > I am trying to boot from the 20020320.iso cdrom. I > > verified the md5, > > > everything should be perfect. > > > ...... > > > > > > Jake: > > You might have got it while I was uploading, please verify > > the md5. There's still a problem with the iso that's there > > (it will boot isngle user which can be used to install if you > > know what you're doing). I'm uploading one that should be > > fixed now, please wait until I say its ready. > > > > Jake > > It was uploaded yesterday was it not? I just got it 2 hours ago, > I mentioned in the first message: I verified the md5 sum. (0d65a655a...) Oh, ok, sorry. Hmm, bad burn? > > Hmm.. Still stuck, I burned another copy still the same thing. > I am very excited to get this running! > > Questions: > > Should I try the 20020303.iso? The new one has a bunch of issues fixed and should work on more machines. > > Why is it 1/3 the size? Because everything on the iso is uncompressed, it also contains a source tarball (albeit a now stale one). > > Why is the 20020320.iso size 630432kb and the bz2 file only 135mb. See above, its all uncompressed on the iso. > > I looked at the 20020320 CD on my doze box - the /boot/loader file is > 102,184 bytes. Is that right? Looks ok. > > I will try the new file when ready. 20020321.iso.bz2? Yes, this is up now. I've had a report that all the bugs I was trying to get worked out are fixed -- it should boot multi user from the cd. Jake To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-sparc" in the body of the message
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