Date: Mon, 14 Oct 2002 15:55:56 -0700 From: "Bruce A. Mah" <bmah@freebsd.org> To: Chris Coleman <chrisc@daemonnews.org> Cc: qa@freebsd.org, re@freebsd.org Subject: Re: problem with 4.7 iso (fwd) Message-ID: <200210142255.g9EMtv7C094806@intruder.bmah.org> In-Reply-To: <20021014153026.K33461-100000@ithildin.daemonnews.org> References: <20021014153026.K33461-100000@ithildin.daemonnews.org>
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--==_Exmh_1913229408P Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii If memory serves me right, Chris Coleman wrote: > We have been getting reports of problems with the FreeBSD 4.7 Release > ISOs, such as the ones included below. Are these known issues? Are new > ISO images going to be created or is this problem small enough to not > require new ISOs and such. Hi Chris-- I looked up the thread in the questions@ archive. This feels like pilot error to me but with so little details, it's darn hard to tell for sure. My copy of disc1.iso (with the correct MD5 checksum) boots on every machine where I've tried it. (Granted, that's only two for two.) > > > freebsd@ccstores.com (Jim Pazarena) writes: > > > > > > > Not sure if this is the group to report this. I have downloaded > > > > the iso's from 4.2 on, without a problem until this. > > > > > > Correct group. If nobody helps here, then you can usually ask on > > > about 4.x on freebsd-stable without getting complaints (say you asked > > > here first). But in this case it's highly likely that the problem's > > > at your end. > > > > > > > > After composing the above, I downloaded the mini 4.7 iso, burnt a disk, > > > > and once again the boot process stops at text=0x2833b1 ! The OP didn't say anything about verifying the MD5 checksum or what they did to burn the disk. > > If it is any comfort, I do have problems with the 4.7 ISOs also. I have > > downloaded and burned ISOs from 4.2 through 4.6.2 with no problems. I > > have downloaded 3 copies of 4.7 from different sites, and my Nero CD > > burning program gives the same error message on all 3. The resulting > > CDs are not bootable, and the kernel can not be read when the CDs are > > used as data disks. As a check I downloaded another copy of 4.6.2, > > and the resulting CD was perfect. Ditto for this person. Bruce. --==_Exmh_1913229408P Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (FreeBSD) Comment: Exmh version 2.5+ 20020506 iD8DBQE9q0t82MoxcVugUsMRAuHtAKCI4VR9ZrnmfB4VCugedOycSPK3cQCbBLPz PP1gGxZ6IAP6U5rWCTdQtr8= =JG/D -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --==_Exmh_1913229408P-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-qa" in the body of the message
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