Date: Sat, 3 Jun 1995 18:29:50 -0400 From: Temptation <temp@temptation.interlog.com> To: Gary Palmer <gpalmer@westhill.cdrom.com> Cc: David Dawes <dawes@physics.usyd.edu.au>, hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: My experience with the latest 2.0.5-ALPHA boot/install Message-ID: <Pine.3.89.9506031805.B17924-0100000@temptation.interlog.com> In-Reply-To: <550.802215402@westhill.cdrom.com>
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> The problem is Jordan taking short cuts - only replacing [br]oot.flp > in the ftp archive, when the bin/bin.* dist size (or any dist size for > that matter) can change on the compile server due to code changes, and > this change gets echoed into special machine readable ``info'' files > in the root.flp image. Hence it tries to get the wrong number of bits. > Ok, how do I fix this without reinstalling it all? ( I never got the last bin file installed) > >Hmm, same problem I have, also Xfree if you marked that as well, but > >Jordan also knows about that too. Same thing, how do I install it with starting over. I have the newest disks from freefall, how do I get that new stuff in /stand dir.? > >when you do a dos part. You then have to go Config and setup you network > >card, when doing NFS or FTP it sets it up for you. I forgot about that > >the first time I tried the Dos part, nothing reminds you about setting it > >up network access, This ain't DOS ;) > > The /etc/hosts problem should now be fixed (AFAIK), and I'll prod > Jordan to remind people to configure something, although in theory it > should be possible to cleanly bring FreeBSD up from the install system > without ANY TCP/IP interfaces configured... Yes you are correct, with just dos part. install, FreeBSD should work, Untill you try to connect to your network, if you have one :) > > Gary >
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