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Date:      Sun, 19 Mar 1995 02:08:03 -0600 (CST)
From:      Jim Bryant <jbryant@news.iadfw.net>
To:        taob@gate.sinica.edu.tw (Brian Tao)
Cc:        freebsd-current@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: Minor problems installing 2.0-950210-SNAP
Message-ID:  <199503190808.CAA05981@news.iadfw.net>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSI.3.91.950318211619.229U-100000@aries.ibms.sinica.edu.tw> from "Brian Tao" at Mar 18, 95 09:17:52 pm

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In reply:
> Date: Sat, 18 Mar 1995 21:17:52 +0000 ()
> From: Brian Tao <taob@gate.sinica.edu.tw>
> To: Alan Judge <amjudge@dsg.cs.tcd.ie>
> Subject: Re: Minor problems installing 2.0-950210-SNAP
> 
> On Sat, 11 Mar 1995, Alan Judge wrote:
> > 
> > Sometimes I get problems when doing fdisk or disklabel during the
> > install process and the machine hangs.
> 
>     This one bites me every time I do an install.  I'll go into
> disklabel, create all the partitions in the BSD slice, hit 'W' to
> write it out, then start 'A'ssigning the partitions, then I hit 'W' to
> write it out again (I don't need to, but it's a habit).  This is where
> it hangs.  Ctrl-Alt-Del still works though (syncs and reboots).

i ran into this on a new install recently.  apparently rebooting, then 
assigning the partitions works fine...

Jim
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