From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Oct 23 19:27:27 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B23CE16A4B3; Thu, 23 Oct 2003 19:27:27 -0700 (PDT) Received: from obsecurity.dyndns.org (adsl-63-207-60-234.dsl.lsan03.pacbell.net [63.207.60.234]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B165243FA3; Thu, 23 Oct 2003 19:27:26 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kris@obsecurity.org) Received: from rot13.obsecurity.org (rot13.obsecurity.org [10.0.0.5]) by obsecurity.dyndns.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5C70F66DF2; Thu, 23 Oct 2003 19:27:26 -0700 (PDT) Received: by rot13.obsecurity.org (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 2CF2DB81; Thu, 23 Oct 2003 19:27:26 -0700 (PDT) Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2003 19:27:26 -0700 From: Kris Kennaway To: JacobRhoden Message-ID: <20031024022725.GA86619@rot13.obsecurity.org> References: <200310240924.25738.jrhoden@unimelb.edu.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="azLHFNyN32YCQGCU" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200310240924.25738.jrhoden@unimelb.edu.au> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org cc: re@FreeBSD.org cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 5.1 mfsroot floppy broken? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2003 02:27:27 -0000 X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2003 02:27:27 -0000 --azLHFNyN32YCQGCU Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, Oct 24, 2003 at 09:24:25AM +1000, JacobRhoden wrote: > Hi, >=20 > I have been trying to get an install of 5.1 using the floppies made off t= he=20 > 5.1 ISO, and it seems they are broken. Has anyone else successfully achie= ved=20 > an install using the boot disks? >=20 > Regards > - Jacob >=20 > Further Details: > After booting, custom install, and then selecting cdrom/dos > partion/floppies as the media, you receive the following error: >=20 > Error mounting /dev/xxx on /dist: No such file for directory (2) > =20 > (Just replace xxx with the media you have selected) I've seen something like this as well../dist didn't exist in the MFS root, but I think /mnt did. I wasn't sure if it was my fault somehow, so I didn't follow it up. This was probably with the 5.1-RELEASE fixit CD, which is the only install media I've used in the past few months. Kris --azLHFNyN32YCQGCU Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE/mI4NWry0BWjoQKURAiHnAJ0Zyd6Pu3p+NGxrrHdpDb3SNDEu7gCfVOlQ 0PMBJ678elpA5WE0MiroFCc= =e2Hy -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --azLHFNyN32YCQGCU--