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Date:      Mon, 18 Jan 1999 21:52:26 -0800
From:      Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>
To:        Andreas Klemm <andreas@klemm.gtn.com>
Cc:        current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: make release produces unbootable boot floppies, no boot loader, no /kernel 
Message-ID:  <199901190552.VAA01750@dingo.cdrom.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 19 Jan 1999 06:48:56 %2B0100." <19990119064856.A991@titan.klemm.gtn.com> 

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> Hi ! Bad news, make release still produces non bootable floppies.
> I cvsupped yesterday evening at 8pm and did a make world and
> make release ....
> 
> Now I tried the boot.flp image from the ftp subdir in /R/....
> 
> First error message
> 	No /boot/loader
> Then the typical "boot banner"
> 2nd error message
> 	No /kernel
> When typing ?
> 	. .. kernel.gz
> When typing kernel.gz to load this kernel
> 	invalid format

Of course, it's gzipped.

> Well, there is _still_ something wron, believe me.

The single-floppy install is broken.  Use the two-floppy install as 
I've been encouraging people to do now since the 12th.

-- 
\\  Sometimes you're ahead,       \\  Mike Smith
\\  sometimes you're behind.      \\  mike@smith.net.au
\\  The race is long, and in the  \\  msmith@freebsd.org
\\  end it's only with yourself.  \\  msmith@cdrom.com



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