Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2006 22:04:45 +0100 From: Ceri Davies <ceri@submonkey.net> To: John <dingo@coco2.arach.net.au> Cc: bugbusters@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Installation of 6.2 beta 2 fails Message-ID: <20061016210445.GH24163@submonkey.net> In-Reply-To: <4533931E.2070804@coco2.arach.net.au> References: <4533931E.2070804@coco2.arach.net.au>
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--pVF9EYSGkiif4dMH Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, Oct 16, 2006 at 10:11:42PM +0800, John wrote: > I booted CD1, chose to clobber my working Linux system (use entire=20 > disk), chose a custom software selection (including pretty much all the= =20 > source, I have 80 Gb to fill) and let 'er rip. >=20 > Right now it's complaining, "Unable to get packages/INDEX from selected= =20 > media." and goes on with a highly improbable explanation that the=20 > packages might not be on the selected media, and that I should fix it. >=20 > It's a terrible abuse of English, that. Not really sure where that went wrong. However, I don't believe that the installer looks at the INDEX until the base installation is complete. > Now surely you folk haven't put together _that_ brummy a CD 1. Besides,= =20 > it does seem to have installed lots, and things like csh are in place. >=20 > There aren't any kernel messages (from dmesg) to suggest reading the CD= =20 > was difficult. >=20 > But then again, pkg_info says there aren't any packages; I really don't= =20 > know enough about FreeBSD to tell what's wrong. A base installation of FreeBSD doesn't contain packages, so it's highly probably that you have a complete base installation. > The current position is that the installer says my CD is borked, but it= =20 > won't let it out so I can replace it. The only way I can see to go=20 > forward is to reboot and try something else* >=20 > What I think should happen at this point is that the installer should=20 > allow me to back up and choose a different install medium, whether=20 > another CD (I mean, crook CDs aren't unknown, even if this one's okay)=20 > or a different network source. It should. > I don't believe it would help me in this instance, but I'd sure feel=20 > better knowing I could try something else. >=20 > ps, it may well be that that image thingie is illegal as it could be=20 > held to discriminate unfairly against the blind. I think a little=20 > javascript that produces, say, bugbuster+$(date +%Y%U)@freebsd.org would= =20 > give you a suitable means of filtering out the spam. I think I could=20 > devise a procmail rule to do it. Or you could put the date part into the= =20 > domain name, with only two or three resolving at any time. The workaround is pretty clearly indicated in the alt attribute, and I think that's standard enough. Anyway, could you please report this to stable@FreeBSD.org where it can be worked out? Ceri --=20 That must be wonderful! I don't understand it at all. -- Moliere --pVF9EYSGkiif4dMH Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFFM/PtocfcwTS3JF8RAsMqAJ0fOWl6jsMrxvtNW93GZqbYJ6fFowCgrESS FU11vdF3/6oWJuyguU5R9A8= =Z79f -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --pVF9EYSGkiif4dMH--
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