Date: Mon, 5 Nov 2007 22:39:38 +0200 From: Andrei Kolu <antik@bsd.ee> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [FreeBSD 7.0-BETA1 and beyound] Rescue environment is non-functional on AMD64/Intel64 Message-ID: <200711052239.38628.antik@bsd.ee> In-Reply-To: <472EE0D6.8070404@moneybookers.com> References: <200711051051.54103.antik@bsd.ee> <472EE0D6.8070404@moneybookers.com>
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Monday 05 November 2007 11:22:30 kirjutas Stefan Lambrev: > Hi, > > Andrei Kolu wrote: > > After some experimenting with BETA1/1.5 or whatever it is I encountered > > serious problems: > > > > 1. Emergency shell on tty3 is useless- not a single command is available. > > This is install CD not fixit CD. On istall CD emergency shell becomes > useful once you actually install those commands. > Install what? How, where? Why emergency shell works on snapshot release and not on beta? To me this is a BIG ***** BUG not a feature. > > 2. When tried to use installcd as livecd is asked me to insert livecd > > (there is plenty of free space available on installcd- why not use that > > usefully?). > > BETA ISOs are smaller only because packages are not included, and they > will be included for FreeBSD 7.0-RELEASE. > > > I am positive I was able to use emergency shell and livecd function on > > CURRENT september snapsot just fine (i386 version though). > > Yes you can use it and now after the install process is started. > I don't want to start install process, I want to restore bootloader. # boot0cfg -B ad0 And now I have to download 500+MB to do things I did without any problem for years?! Sry, I am pissed off...
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