Date: Thu, 19 Dec 1996 00:52:44 +0100 From: "Julian H. Stacey" <jhs@freebsd.org> To: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com> Cc: bugs@freebsd.org, jkh@freebsd.org Subject: Re: installation 2.1.6 Message-ID: <199612182352.AAA15349@vector.jhs.no_domain> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 18 Dec 1996 07:57:43 PST." <4892.850924663@time.cdrom.com>
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Hi, Reference: > From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com> > Subject: Re: installation 2.1.6 > Date: Wed, 18 Dec 1996 07:57:43 -0800 > Message-id: <4892.850924663@time.cdrom.com> > > > Installing 2.1.6 on a new box ... > > When I had no tape in the st0 drive > > there was an error message about no tape drives available, > > so I started thinking hardware fault .. not so ... > > error message is misleading, it should have said no _media_ available. > > Well, it *is* clearly documented as a prerequisite in the installation > guide that you have the tape in, so it's also reasonable to say that > you should have never seen this message. ;-) You'r surely not suggesting I read a manual before plugging & playing ? ;-) (OK, so I did't plug tape before playing, Mea Culpa :-) > The problem is that the way things work now, lacking a trusted device > registration mechanism, it's not possible for me to tell the "tape > drive, no tape" case apart from the "no tape drive at all" case. Fair enough, maybe you could slightly generalise the err message though, to the tune of `drive or media not avail' or some such ? > > Jordan > > Julian -- Julian H. Stacey jhs@freebsd.org http://www.freebsd.org/~jhs/
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