Date: Thu, 20 Jun 2002 15:48:11 -0400 From: Bob Johnson <bob89@garbonzo.hos.ufl.edu> To: bmah@FreeBSD.org Cc: stable@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: RFC: Errata on CDROM installs (was Re: ATA Atapi 4.6 Release) Message-ID: <20020620194811.GA17823@scanner.engnet.ufl.edu>
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bmah@FreeBSD.org (Bruce A. Mah) wrote: >If memory serves me right, Bob Johnson wrote: > >> >> I suggest adding something to explain that during install, you need >> to hit alt-F2 to see the console messages. People reading this are >> likely to be inexperienced, else they would have already seen this >> on -stable or -questions. > >OK. At what point should they do this? > Hmm. How to describe it? As I recall, it's something like this: If the installation hangs up copying chunk 1 of the /bin directory, they probably have this problem, and can confirm it by pressing alt-F2 and looking for the console messages described in the errata. I'm not near a system I can test it on now to make sure the details are entirely accurate. - Bob To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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