From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Aug 20 3:40:43 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from gate.ldn.wdr.com (gate.ldn.wdr.com [193.82.179.18]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5402015340 for ; Fri, 20 Aug 1999 03:40:40 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from Clem.Dye@wdr.com) Received: (from smap@localhost) by gate.ldn.wdr.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) id LAA21615; Fri, 20 Aug 1999 11:40:38 +0100 (BST) From: Clem.Dye@wdr.com Received: from inside(192.168.0.1) by gate via smap (V2.0) id xma021537; Fri, 20 Aug 1999 11:40:32 +0100 Received: from ln4p1129.ldn.swissbank.com (ln4p1129.ldn.swissbank.com [172.16.234.32]) by ln4p1013pos.ldn.swissbank.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id LAA28588; Fri, 20 Aug 1999 11:40:29 +0100 (BST) Received: from localhost (root@localhost) by ln4p1129.ldn.swissbank.com (8.8.6 (PHNE_14041)/8.8.6/WDR alpha evision: 1.7 $) with SMTP id LAA24041; Fri, 20 Aug 1999 11:40:28 +0100 (BST) X-OpenMail-Hops: 1 Date: Fri, 20 Aug 1999 11:40:15 +0100 Message-Id: Subject: RE: Re: Fixit from CD rom no more? Says disk 2 is Alpha dist. MIME-Version: 1.0 To: francisco@natserv.com, grog@lemis.com Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; name="BDY.TXT" Content-Disposition: inline; filename="BDY.TXT" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Processed-By: BrianWare hpomsmf V2.3.40, 19 May 1999 X-WDR-Disclaimer: Version $Revision: 1.13 $ Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG OK, if it's broken, what workarounds are there, if any? Clem -----Original Message----- From: grog Sent: 20 August 1999 05:37 To: francisco Cc: grog; questions Subject: Re: Fixit from CD rom no more? Says disk 2 is Alpha dist. On Friday, 20 August 1999 at 0:21:32 -0400, Francisco Reyes wrote: > I just trie to run the "fixit" option from the Install disk. > When it asked for the second disk and I placed it, it said that > this was the "Alpha Distribution CD". > > How can I run Fixit from CD? > .. or will I have to prepare floppies? > > The archives have the same question, but did not find an answer. Unfortunately, this was an oversight in making the CD-ROMs. You won't be able to mount the CD-ROM in fixit mode in 3.2. It worked in 3.1, and it should work again in 3.3, but 3.2 fixit is broken. Greg -- When replying to this message, please copy the original recipients. For more information, see http://www.lemis.com/questions.html See complete headers for address, home page and phone numbers finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message This message contains confidential information and is intended only for the individual named. If you are not the named addressee you should not disseminate, distribute or copy this e-mail. Please notify the sender immediately by e-mail if you have received this e-mail by mistake and delete this e-mail from your system. E-mail transmission cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free as information could be intercepted, corrupted, lost, destroyed, arrive late or incomplete, or contain viruses. The sender therefore does not accept liability for any errors or omissions in the contents of this message which arise as a result of e-mail transmission. If verification is required please request a hard-copy version. This message is provided for informational purposes and should not be construed as a solicitation or offer to buy or sell any securities or related financial instruments. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message