Date: Sat, 19 Jun 2004 08:29:04 -0400 From: Bart Silverstrim <bsilver@chrononomicon.com> To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD 5.2.1 - Joke-only release ? April Fools ?? Message-ID: <404F1D30-C1EC-11D8-AF41-000A956D2452@chrononomicon.com> In-Reply-To: <20040619072624.GF16261@gargantuan.com> References: <20040619061714.94617.qmail@web53304.mail.yahoo.com> <20040619072624.GF16261@gargantuan.com>
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On Jun 19, 2004, at 3:26 AM, Michael W. Oliver wrote: > On 2004-06-18T23:17:14-0700, Joe Schmoe wrote: >> So the question is, has any person, anywhere, at any >> time, successfully installed 5.2.1-RELEASE on any >> hardware whatsoever ? Or is it just a practical joke >> release ? > > That's a tad caustic, don't you think? > I bet it's the devil logo that's screwing him up. We should change it. :-) FWIW, I have managed to get 5.2.1 to install on a LAM test system (ironic?) at work, once I set the CDROM to master on it's own channel (I had to remove the jumpter to install 4.9 because it crashed at boot until I did; 5.2.1 crashed at boot until I set it to the opposite way). I had burned the 2 meg install floppy to a small CD to install it after checking the MD5 sums. It sounds like your install images or floppies were bad. I'd doublecheck the MD5's and if they check out, re-image some floppies (or try putting it on a CD...they tend to be more resilient). -Bart
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