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From: cuccia@mica.berkeley.edu (Nick Cuccia)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd
Subject: flaky install on standard dist.fs
Date: 23 Nov 1992 17:31:19 GMT
Organization: Bump City Brewery and Barbecue, Berkeley, CA
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So, I did something really stoopid over the weekend: I used disklabel to
repartition my hard disk (Seagate Wren III), then tried to reinstall 386bsd
using the install command on the dist.fs disk.

install tells me that 386bsd is already installed, and asks me if I want to re-
install.  When I respond 'y', it loops.  Same for 'Y', 'yes', 'Yes', you get
the idea.

Does anybody out there have a dist.fs on which this problem has been fixed?

Thanks,
--Nick
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