Date: Mon, 4 Dec 1995 11:07:14 -0500 From: Thomas David Rivers <ponds!rivers@dg-rtp.dg.com> To: time.cdrom.com!jkh@dg-rtp.dg.com, ponds!rivers Cc: freebsd-bugs@freefall.freebsd.org, freebsd-hackers@freefall.freebsd.org Subject: Re: Can't install 2.1 over SL/IP (bummer) Message-ID: <199512041607.LAA01426@lakes>
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> > > Also, I'd like to argue for the return of the "emergency shell" > > which I found very helpful in the past (something like, pressing > > cntrl-A could get you the emergency shell, if it could be done...) > > Not only were you looking at the wrong code, but it doesn't even look > like you're installing 2.1 here! > > The emergency holographic shell, as it's called, is prominently announced > in 2.1! > > Jordan > Yes, but it is a shell that chroot'd to the /mnt directory (the hard disk) and doesn't let me see/affect what is in the MFS. A few revisions ago, when the install was still a shell script, I could escape into a shell that wasn't chroot'd, make corrections to the install shell script and restart the install process. This is how I worked around similar problems in the past. Granted, that wouldn't work very well now, since: 1) The tools probably aren't lying around in the mfs to do even basic editing. 2) The install isn't a shell script anymore. So - you see, I was installing 2.1; and I'm aware of the "holographic shell" - it's just now what I was asking for. - Dave Rivers -
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