Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2000 12:16:19 -0800 From: Kent Stewart <kstewart@3-cities.com> To: Matthew Hagerty <matthew@venux.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Install Distributions, again. Message-ID: <38A9B413.CB884DD3@3-cities.com> References: <4.2.2.20000215131322.00a2dcc0@mail.venux.net>
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Matthew Hagerty wrote: > > Greetings, > > Since the 3.4-RELEASE /stand/sysinstall -> post configuration -> > distributions is broken, can someone tell me how I can install > distributions without sysinstall? Particularly I'm looking for the 2.1 and > 2.2 compat dists. > > Also, does anyone know when 3.4 sysinstall will be fixed? I have a recent CVSup'ed 3.4-Stable and the sysinstall from it doesn't appear to have that problem. I "cd /usr/src/release/sysinstall" and then made and installed it after seeing a remark on cvs-all by JKH on an index overflow problem. Kent > > I am using the *new* fixed floppies, however > http://www.freebsd.org/releases/3.4R/errata.html only states that the > custom install and VLAN was broken on the CD, nothing in there about > Distributions. I have tried to install (using the floppies) on many > different systems with different hardware and have never been able to enter > the Distributions menu. As soon as I select Distributions, sysinstall seg > faults. Here is a bug report of the problem filed by someone soon after > 3.4 was released: > > http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=16026 > > Thanks, > Matthew > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- Kent Stewart Richland, WA mailto:kstewart@3-cities.com http://www.3-cities.com/~kstewart/index.html http://daily.daemonnews.org/ SETI (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) @ Home http://setiathome.ssl.berkeley.edu/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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