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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!nntp.coast.net!news.dacom.co.kr!bofh.dot!usenet.seri.re.kr!bofh.dot!news.cais.net!van-bc!nntp.portal.ca!news.iceonline.com!iceonline!matthewa From: Matthew Asham (matthewa@iceonline.com) Subject: Various problems w/ 2.2-960612-SNAP X-Newsreader: ICE Online's W3 Newsreader v1.00 Sender: Matthew Asham (matthewa@iceonline.com) Nntp-Posting-Host: ns.iceonline.com Organization: ICE Online Inc. http://www.iceonline.com/ Message-ID: <Dt3tE4.49C@iceonline.com> Originator: root@iceonline.com Date: Sun, 16 Jun 1996 17:35:56 GMT Lines: 31 Two weeks ago I installed the May 1 snapshot over my FreeBSD 2.1 system and had absolutely no problems. Yesterday I decided to install the latest snapshot (960612) but I have had nothing but problems getting it to work after the installation. These are the issues I seem to be running in to: After the installation has completed, I booteasy gives me the usual "F? BSD" prompt (I have only one drive in my box). I press "F1" only to get the Booteasy prompt, I have never gotten the FreeBSD bootstrap. I have started the OS by using the Snap boot disk and specifying the root partition manually ( wd(0,a)kernel) and the system boots up fine. Not that I really have to much of a problem with this, this is just bloody annoying. Even more annoying than this happening with the SNAP is that I reinstalled FreeBSD 2.1.0 earlier this morning, only to have the exact same thing happen. Again, I had to boot off of the installation disks. I guess it should be noted that the first upgrade I did with the May 1st snap shot was installed over my existing 2.1 system, aka: Nice Upgrade. The June 12 SNAP and 2.1.0 reinstalls were complete reinstalls, complete with re labelling, etc.. The second issue that I have ran into is using sysinstall. I can NOT add any packages, ports, etc.. using sysinstall (either during the normal install from disk, or in multiuser setup). sysinstall claims a write_pkg error and a "caught SIGPIPE" (on the debug console). I am using the FTP style installation media (on a T1). Ideas? Comments? Thank you for your time.. -- Matthew Asham - bwm@iceonline.com Software Engineer - ICE Online Inc. http://www.iceonline.com