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From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@FreeBSD.org>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: FBSD 2.2.2R install problem
Date: Tue, 24 Jun 1997 08:23:14 -0700
Organization: Walnut Creek CDROM
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Ronald Wright wrote:
> 
> I get the same problem, only I did an ftp install. With 2.2.2 release
> upgrade, it was really depressing because it took almost 8 hours to do
> the ftp install, I wanted to get all the source so I could create a
> custom kernel.
> I get the error login_getclass: unknown class 'root'

Sigh.  I wish people would read the ERRATA.TXT file in the 2.2.2 release
directory - this bug is:

1. Benign.
2. Easily fixed (as listed in the ERRATA.TXT file).

> I also account this for the reason I can't get my ppp connection to
> work? would this cause that? It works fine during the login and

No, it would not.  Must be something else wrong.

-- 
- Jordan Hubbard
  FreeBSD core team / Walnut Creek CDROM.