Date: Sat, 24 Jun 1995 23:31:47 -0400 (EDT) From: "Jonathan M. Bresler" <jmb@kryten.Atinc.COM> To: bugs@freebsd.org Cc: Jordan K Hubbard <jkh@freefall.cdrom.com> Subject: install from scsi tape works. Message-ID: <Pine.3.89.9506242344.A16366-0100000@kryten.atinc.com>
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regarding: [1995/06/18] misc/530 Failed install from SCSI tape i was able to install FreeBSD 2.0.5R onto my laptop tonight using the scsi tape media. boot with tape in drive and slider closed. do all the install menu stuff...select scsi tape as the installation media the install will fail. and on vty1 it reads: st0(sea0:5:0)ILLEGAL REQUEST st0: Cannot set selected modest0: bad request, must be between 0 and 0 switch to the emergency holographic shell on vty3 mt -f /dev/rst0 fsf 1 spin the tape mt -f /dev/rst0 rewind rewind back to the start switch to vty0--the install menu screen try the install again.....voila! c'est bien! tape spins and extracts into /. 2782 blocks NOW THE RUB, on my tape at least: trying for piece 58 of 59: bin/bin.cg gunzip: stdin: unexpected end of file /stand/cpio: premature end of file switch back to vty3 cat /usr/tmp/bin/* | gunzip -t does not report any problems cat /usr/tmp/bin/* | gunzip | tar xvf - works fine. last file extracted is kernel.GENERIC cksum /kernel.GENERIC 3818494457 1085639 /kernel.GENERIC the sysinstall then cleans up from the 'failed install' and remakes all devices....hmmm then the 'Install completed sucessfully,...' message appears no option to go back and get more distributions back to vty3, get them by hand....etc jmb ps. cut the tape carefully....it wants bin/bin*, i had put bin* there. tar cvbf 10 /dev/rst0 bin/* does the trick Jonathan M. Bresler jmb@kryten.atinc.com | Analysis & Technology, Inc. | 2341 Jeff Davis Hwy play go. | Arlington, VA 22202 ride bike. hack FreeBSD.--ah the good life | 703-418-2800 x346
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