Date: Thu, 13 Nov 1997 16:02:55 +0000 (GMT) From: Mr M P Searle <csubl@csv.warwick.ac.uk> To: rdkeys@seedlab1.cropsci.ncsu.edu (User Rdkeys Robert D. Keys) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, rdkeys@seedlab1.cropsci.ncsu.edu Subject: Re: sysinstall bomb on 2nd running in FreeBSD 2.0.5 (fixes?) Message-ID: <199711131602.QAA04230@robalo.csv.warwick.ac.uk> In-Reply-To: <199711121533.KAA00820@seedlab1.cropsci.ncsu.edu> from "User Rdkeys Robert D. Keys" at "Nov 12, 97 10:33:06 am"
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> Don't laugh.....ok..... I have already.....(:+}}..... > > I am trying to bring up a tiny little dumb XT crate with a 386 board in it > and only 4 megs of ram (you know, one of those baby XT boards), and am > stuck with trying to get 2.0.5 up on it. It comes up fine. BUT, the > sysinstall dumps core on a second and subsequent invocation. That does > not bother me particularly, since the basic bin system is up. I do want > to get the manpages installed, and don't really want to reinstall from > scratch again from 5-1/5 inch floppies (yeah, I know I am crazy to do > floppy installs but they still work just fine on remote boxes). > > My question is..... > > 1. can the sysinstall be reinvoked in some way without dumping core? > (probably not --- if not then it requires a complete reinstall with > the manpages as part of the original requested install) > > 2. if not, can the dos floppies be read in and installed manually? > (probably so, but I can't seem to get the right incantation going) > > 3. if not, should I just tar off the manpages on another machine and > port them in as a plain unix tar. (this should be easy to do). > > I tend to favor 3. as the best solution, but 2 may be doable, if I can > get the correct incantation going. There were no install scripts on the > 2.0.5 that I can find compared to the later releases. > > Comments or pointers appreciated. > > Thanks > > Bob Keys > rdkeys@seedlab1.cropsci.ncsu.edu > I'm fairly sure you can run a later version than that - 2.1.0, and maybe even a later 2.1.x can install to a 4M machine.
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