Date: Sun, 19 Mar 1995 02:08:03 -0600 (CST) From: Jim Bryant <jbryant@news.iadfw.net> To: taob@gate.sinica.edu.tw (Brian Tao) Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Minor problems installing 2.0-950210-SNAP Message-ID: <199503190808.CAA05981@news.iadfw.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSI.3.91.950318211619.229U-100000@aries.ibms.sinica.edu.tw> from "Brian Tao" at Mar 18, 95 09:17:52 pm
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> Date: Sat, 18 Mar 1995 21:17:52 +0000 ()
> From: Brian Tao <taob@gate.sinica.edu.tw>
> To: Alan Judge <amjudge@dsg.cs.tcd.ie>
> Subject: Re: Minor problems installing 2.0-950210-SNAP
>
> On Sat, 11 Mar 1995, Alan Judge wrote:
> >
> > Sometimes I get problems when doing fdisk or disklabel during the
> > install process and the machine hangs.
>
> This one bites me every time I do an install. I'll go into
> disklabel, create all the partitions in the BSD slice, hit 'W' to
> write it out, then start 'A'ssigning the partitions, then I hit 'W' to
> write it out again (I don't need to, but it's a habit). This is where
> it hangs. Ctrl-Alt-Del still works though (syncs and reboots).
i ran into this on a new install recently. apparently rebooting, then
assigning the partitions works fine...
Jim
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