Date: Sat, 19 Jun 2004 03:26:24 -0400 From: "Michael W. Oliver" <freebsd-questions@gargantuan.com> To: Joe Schmoe <non_secure@yahoo.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD 5.2.1 - Joke-only release ? April Fools ?? Message-ID: <20040619072624.GF16261@gargantuan.com> In-Reply-To: <20040619061714.94617.qmail@web53304.mail.yahoo.com> References: <20040619061714.94617.qmail@web53304.mail.yahoo.com>
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On 2004-06-18T23:17:14-0700, Joe Schmoe wrote:
>=20
> A line that starts with: spec_getpages
>=20
> A line that starts with: vm_fault: pager
>=20
> One of the lines ends with: 0xc4866000 (can't tell
> which)
>=20
> One of the lines contains: md0: I/O read failure
>=20
> One of the lines contains the word: sysinstall
>=20
> And that's that. This happens _no matter what
> machine_ I try to install 5.2.1-RELEASE on - and as
> you can see, I tried it on several very different
> machines. I tried disabling things like USB, etc., to
> no avail.
Whenever I have ever had trouble like this when installing from
floppies, it has always, without fail, been the fault of the floppy disk
itself.
Try writing the .flp out to a fresh floppy and see if you get any
further along.
> So the question is, has any person, anywhere, at any
> time, successfully installed 5.2.1-RELEASE on any
> hardware whatsoever ? Or is it just a practical joke
> release ?
That's a tad caustic, don't you think?
--=20
Mike
perl -e 'print unpack("u","88V]N=3D&%C=3D\"!I;F9O(&EN(&AE861E<G,*");'
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