Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2003 16:41:45 -0800 (PST) From: Jin Guojun (DSD staff) <jin@gracie.lbl.gov> To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: misc/60349: 5.2-RC1 cannot do NFS installation Message-ID: <200312180041.hBI0fjJL030312@gracie.lbl.gov> Resent-Message-ID: <200312180050.hBI0oLZr059489@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 60349 >Category: misc >Synopsis: 5.2-RC1 cannot do NFS installation >Confidential: no >Severity: serious >Priority: high >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Wed Dec 17 16:50:21 PST 2003 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Jin Guojun (DSD staff) >Release: FreeBSD 5.2-RC1 >Organization: >Environment: System: FreeBSD 5.2-RC1 5.2-RC1 install floppies >Description: 5.2-RC1 failed to install from NFS. Message is: Error Mounting FreeBSD4.9:/scratch/FreeBSD on /dist invalid argument or Error Mounting FreeBSD4.9:/scratch/FreeBSD on /dist no such file or directory I have tries different machines and different networks, and they all failed. After NFS failure, choose FTP as installation media will be successful; so it fails at NFS mounting phase. Also, after ctrl-C "^C", Menu asks continue "Yes" or "No"; where no reponse on clicking on "Yes" , and clicking on "No" will continue to next directory and repeat for every directory. It seems that if /dist is not mounted, things should never preceed. >How-To-Repeat: Boot from installation floppies and choose media -- NFS for installation. >Fix: >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted:
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