Date: Wed, 4 Oct 1995 07:28:21 -0400 (EDT) From: Mark Hittinger <bugs@ns1.win.net> To: install@freebsd.org Subject: some 950928 install observations Message-ID: <199510041128.HAA04558@ns1.win.net>
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I was able to install the snap on a troublesome box here and wanted to
convey the things that I noticed about it:
1. After install some /dev files appear not to have been created. I did
not get a /dev/tty00 or /dev/tty01 pair.
2. I did a customized X install selection on a bunch of things but only got
the first tarball.
3. At the fdisk/diskslice level if I did a "W" to write things to disk
before I really had to then things locked up later in the newfs phase.
If I did not do the "W"s ahead of time then things worked fine.
4. For my particular configuration (EISA/aha2740/scsi) The default
fdisk gave me a 6 sector slice followed by the rest of the disk in
another slice. There was a note about the disk bios which encouraged
me to select "YES". I did this and the drive was not bootable. I
re-installed, selected "NO" here and the 6 sector slice went away.
This time it was bootable. Perhaps it would be worth a note there
about the types of disk systems that you should use "NO" for, i.e.
["IDE"] ["SCSI"]? instead of ["YES"] ["NO"] heh
5. There appears to be some problem during the netstart with adding the
default gateway and the route for 224.0.0.0. Shortly after booting
the system sees a RIP packet and I'm able to get out. By reverting
to an old "pre-sysconfig" /etc/rc setup this problem goes away. This
implies some sort of syntax error in the files. I have an ep0 device.
Thats all I've noticed. Thanks to all the core team for the continued
efforts.
Regards,
Mark Hittinger
Internet Manager
WinNET Communications, Inc.
bugs@win.net
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