Date: Thu, 27 May 1999 22:09:57 -0400 (EDT) From: media@mail1.nai.net To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: possible bug in 3.1 STABLE Message-ID: <v0313030cb3736fda1a0d@[209.150.35.170]>
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At 2:53 PM -0700 5/17/99, Doug White wrote: > >> Following the advice of the this list, I installed >> 3.1-STABLE-1990503 in place of 3.1-RELEASE. I downloaded all new files from >> releng3.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/spapshots/i386 and made new floppies. I am >> using a 133 Pentium w/64M RAM with no cd. I then booted from the floppies >> and went to install from my primary DOS partition. >> >> It refused to install the src and XFree86 files. >> >> I checked the list of distribution files it couldn't transfer or extract >> against the contents of C:\FREEBSD\xf86333 and C:\FREEBSD\src and they are >> all there. > >Ah, this is what I ran into. The ERRATA says you must place the files in >a RELEASES\ directory for DOS installs to work properly. > >>From http://www.freebsd.org/releases/3.1R/errata.html: > >o DOS installation fails when you actually follow the instructions > to install stuff under C:\FREEBSD\BIN\... and so on. > >Fix: The instructions are correct but the code was wrong in 3.1-RELEASE, > sysinstall looking instead directly under C:\ (e.g. C:\BIN\...) > or under C:\RELEASES\ (C:\RELEASES\BIN\... and so on). Fixed > in 3.1-STABLE. It says "Fixed in 3.1-STABLE." I am using 3.1-STABLE, and it found bin, man, des, etc., without any problem. The only thing the Errata says about X and src is that you have to reboot first, and I've rebooted many times already. Still, I'm getting a broken pipe error every time which makes think it's a bug. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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