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Date:      Thu, 01 Jun 1995 14:50:24 -0400
From:      Paul.H.Anderson@umich.edu
To:        bugs@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   bug report
Message-ID:  <199506011851.OAA01325@truelies.rs.itd.umich.edu>

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[awesome job on FreeBSD, folks!  The new install program looks much
 more tightly integrated with itself...]

You may already know about these, but what the heck...

Release: FreeBSD 2.0.5-ALPHA, pulled over from ftp.cdrom.com Thu Jun 1, 1995
HW: P-90, adaptec 1542-B, SCSI QIC(st0), 8mm exabyte(st1), NCR xxx25 FW SCSI,
    4 2GB baracuda FW SCSI drives (sd0...sd3), primary boot drive 800MB IDE

General problem: install doesn't work for me

problem 1: when selecting media, I can specify filesystems (I put
    the distribution files all on my 2GB drives), but I have no
    apparent documented means of going to the root shell to MAKEDEV
    and mount the filesystem.  So, no dice.

problem 2: failing the above, I try SCSI tape.  After I select tape,
    the menu program tells me there are no tape devices.  There is no media
    in st0 (QIC), and the install tape in st1 (8mm), both of which
    were probed during boot, but the install program doesn't see either
    one.  So, no dice on install... (*:

Anyhow, unless I'm missing something obvious, it looks like I'm
hosed (I can get loaded in other ways if I really have to, so don't worry about
that).

Paul Anderson
pha@umich.edu
 



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