Date: Tue, 3 Sep 2002 12:34:36 -0500 From: "William Wallace" <ww@austin.rr.com> To: "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD. ORG" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>, <freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: FreeBSD on Alpha problems Message-ID: <ODEMJJBMDNGMFJHKBCMFGEIADMAA.ww@austin.rr.com>
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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0023_01C25346.435D7690 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I'd like to ask a general question regarding the Alpha port of FreeBSD. Over time I've noticed that the Alpha "installer" (from ISO IMAGE) is not as "robust" as the i386 one. In the past (4.5-RELEASE), there were many errors during installation that had to be basically ignored. Recently, after deciding to install my Alpha server from scratch, I noticed two things: 1) The 4.6.2-RELEASE ISO images don't exist, there's been a "README.TXT" file on the ftp server that indicates that the alpha ISOs would be available in 48 hours ever since the i386 ISOs showed up. 2) The 4.6-RELEASE ISO images look better than the old 4.5 ones (no more errors when "downloading"), but the install process halts after installing files to disk saying that the INDEX file for the packages does not exist. After this, installations is "complete", but the subsequent steps for configuring the console, installing X and a window manager, configure security and inetd, etc., etc. are skipped (I assume because of the error). Basically any additional configuration is to be done by hand. Is there a reason for this? It certainly would be nice if FreeBSD could be installed on Alpha as cleanly as on i386. Another point of interest: Apparently the version of OpenSSH installed with the base system has problems with privilege separation, whereas the version that can be installed from ports (openssh-portable) does not. They report the exact same version, yet the base system one reports some sort of "read error" when a client tries to connect, and terminates the connection immediately, whereas the ports version, using "sshd_program=/usr/local/sbin/sshd" in rc.config, works just fine with an identical config file. Also, looking into the future of the Alphas (or the absence of one). Will FreeBSD on Alpha be discontinued any time in the near future? - William. ------=_NextPart_000_0023_01C25346.435D7690 Content-Type: application/ms-tnef; name="winmail.dat" Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="winmail.dat" eJ8+IiQRAQaQCAAEAAAAAAABAAEAAQeQBgAIAAAA5AQAAAAAAADoAAEIgAcAGAAAAElQTS5NaWNy b3NvZnQgTWFpbC5Ob3RlADEIAQ2ABAACAAAAAgACAAEGgAMADgAAANIHCQADAAwAIgAAAAIAFQEB A5AGABgJAAAiAAAACwACAAEAAAALACMAAAAAAAMAJgAAAAAACwApAAAAAAADADYAAAAAAB4AcAAB AAAAGgAAAEZyZWVCU0Qgb24gQWxwaGEgcHJvYmxlbXMAAAACAXEAAQAAABYAAAABwlNwLA1sq+dV cANDA5K8cjnmm8HNAAACAR0MAQAAABYAAABTTVRQOldXQEFVU1RJTi5SUi5DT00AAAALAAEOAAAA AEAABg4AdJMWcFPCAQIBCg4BAAAAGAAAAAAAAABZCsOfvijjTJkcZGaa5aztwoAAAAsAHw4BAAAA AgEJEAEAAABqBQAAZgUAABcIAABMWkZ1x5aFiAMACgByY3BnMTI1FjIA+Atgbg4QMDMzTwH3AqQD 4wIAY2gKwHOwZXQwIAcTAoB9CoGSdgiQd2sLgGQ0DGB+YwBQCwMLtgqxCoQKgEkAJ2QgbGlrZSBA dG8gYXNrFTAgTmcJ8ASQB0AgcQpQc9R0aQIgIAlwZwsRC4CKZxUAaBTwQWxwEPAEIHAJESBvZiBG AQnRQlNELiAgT252BJAVAAdxIBSAGSAgtG5vFmBjCYAXQWEFQF0XWCILgBZQB0BsBJAiTCAoA1IZ oFNPGaBN4EFHRSkgBAAZ8hUx8xtgA2BidRZQHBAdsRdScGkzODYYMBXAGOFJHwOgF1IKsBZQHCA0 LjWALVJFTEVBUx0QZiwXQglwIHchYgOBec4gBJADYBEQIGQIcRchfxuFGqAWchqDEPAaYRUgYj0U 8GIVQA3gG8EiIGlntxoACXEY4VIFkAnwdCVQ3SEgYQGAGTEFgWkXBBUg3xuFIeAiIBeUESByGSIc Q68E8RqgEOAhIEkZ+HcVIFMXUBcRczoTyjEdIFTjF2EgYDYuMiCWHIMHcC5hFaAikQIgJwVAZXj1 BAB0ISUnBCAksAnwFXECIiCgQURNRS5U9FhUHBBmAxAU8CPDFPD9AYBwKOYagxJxJREm4B6CPxql B0AXshyRBCAq8HVs8xSgJLFhdgtwC2ACYB7BuQOgNDgkMAhhBCBlGSLdAJBuGkAemDQzczYQIaDR FKB1cC4TyjIsZy0f+weRCQBvFWAksAJAMiQfpN8G8BSgIGEfIgQgKBoAIeBbJbEiNncXYAOgIi5Q d+5uCQAkUBcRIiERHhAatD0n5nADYBpABBEQ8Gx0/wQgJsQbhRcSMOIegRUgFwAxFVFzYXkXFBql SU54REVYMNQCEDIyH+JjvmsuBQeRHXIusxjhQSbTvSshcyEgIyoEIB1BIgWgJm0LUBEwZSI/mHN1 vmIRIBYhAjAo4CbgcAQg60UyBaBuMOBnIsQXUkux+nMG8GVH9xcSRMAAcBSgvxWAA/ASgDggIeIu AXIhIO9LtkpBBZAIcXQiIE4SC4DNETBkISARMGMuUTQVMNNP4hJgcHAaUSgqQBVA/0pgGYEksCUg HiAxERhQF1L1IkMpGOFCJPciAiRQFwD/FmIV8Uu2I5QdQSSELlEkwf8iIDwRJeATyx6DIXEVgAlw 7xVAFoFFNAQAPx9xBUAaQP8AIAtxJVE0hwMANvEGkBhmf0uhNKUbhhSgFoEXlB2xY38b4ABwVVIE IFciHvE4m0H/GgEhURfhC4AYI2IhIWEWUP46RzFScFIBJmIXQxkhAJALFoEYQU9SgG5TU0i/XikD 8BdQF0Mk4UpBeUsR3xxwEPAEIECxNXFtNGFmEv1AsGkSIBvgFaAo4QqxI5P/ISA+YVoiY+sagyUg A6BeCzccQxfyPUFvZPEEEGgt/xfyNWIdIEZGGOEsgSIgCXDbF/NUE3gA0ErxYRmBZDX9ISB5ETBm T1fyb1Q34QNw/0pBGAUd4FowFKAiQxwQPmPvFYBfkAiQSuF0CIFC40ux3xXAcDAmoU4hJuFtC4Ay 9fdMk3aCVxNtB4AXADLxJoJfadpsxHC3HiAXEiJtcWROX0CxCcBwcD0vHiByxi8JACUhL3NiC4B9 IPd7wRwQNbFyUXBLtGmxBbD6awQgah4hMNFYAWYDA5G/J1AmUSUSS6Uw02C8bEzg/yEgO0Ii5BUR MWM/wE/SU+X/F5NtAkVUAaARIDbiGEEfMf1UolcDEAMgXSZe11eyBAD7S7EWYG4KUE4xIhEZYzWx bxdSFcAKwYPUPxPKE8Qtu4azBzBtOJsTyhHhAI5gAAALAAGACCAGAAAAAADAAAAAAAAARgAAAAAD hQAAAAAAAAMAA4AIIAYAAAAAAMAAAAAAAABGAAAAABCFAAAAAAAAAwAHgAggBgAAAAAAwAAAAAAA AEYAAAAAUoUAAD9xAQAeAAmACCAGAAAAAADAAAAAAAAARgAAAABUhQAAAQAAAAQAAAA5LjAACwAN gAggBgAAAAAAwAAAAAAAAEYAAAAAgoUAAAEAAAALADqACCAGAAAAAADAAAAAAAAARgAAAAAOhQAA AAAAAAMAPIAIIAYAAAAAAMAAAAAAAABGAAAAABGFAAAAAAAAAwA9gAggBgAAAAAAwAAAAAAAAEYA AAAAGIUAAAAAAAALAFKACCAGAAAAAADAAAAAAAAARgAAAAAGhQAAAAAAAAMAU4AIIAYAAAAAAMAA AAAAAABGAAAAAAGFAAAAAAAAAgH4DwEAAAAQAAAAWQrDn74o40yZHGRmmuWs7QIB+g8BAAAAEAAA AFkKw5++KONMmRxkZprlrO0CAfsPAQAAAFYAAAAAAAAAOKG7EAXlEBqhuwgAKypWwgAAUFNUUFJY LkRMTAAAAAAAAAAATklUQfm/uAEAqgA32W4AAABaOlxNb3VudFxNYWlsQm94XG91dGxvb2sucHN0 AAAAAwD+DwUAAAADAA00/TcAAAIBfwABAAAAMAAAADxPREVNSkpCTUROR01GSkhLQkNNRkdFSUFE TUFBLnd3QGF1c3Rpbi5yci5jb20+AAMABhCknvfhAwAHEOkFAAADABAQAAAAAAMAERABAAAAHgAI EAEAAABlAAAASURMSUtFVE9BU0tBR0VORVJBTFFVRVNUSU9OUkVHQVJESU5HVEhFQUxQSEFQT1JU T0ZGUkVFQlNET1ZFUlRJTUVJVkVOT1RJQ0VEVEhBVFRIRUFMUEhBIklOU1RBTExFUiIoRgAAAADS XA== ------=_NextPart_000_0023_01C25346.435D7690-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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