Subject: RE: newest snapshot
To: None <joe@mediaone.net>
From: Tim Rightnour <root@garbled.net>
List: port-alpha
Date: 01/31/1999 23:57:52
On 31-Jan-99 Joseph Sarkes spoke unto us all:
# There are a few glitches in the newest snapshot for the alpha,
# at least on a dec multia. I am booting using the cd/hd disk image
# that was in the installation directory.
#
# I am totally unable to use the sysinst program to install the snapshot,
# as after the file systems are made, the filesystems are then unmounted,
# and the files that should be loaded onto the new filesystems are then
# loaded into /mnt of the ramdisk.
<snip>
# The kernel itself seemed to boot up ok though, and I will continue to tinker
# with it as time permits. Hopefully this is detailed enough feedback
# regarding
# the snapshot that the problems can be duplicated and fixed.
Hrmm.. this worries me, because the behavior on my test machines was nothing
like this. Would you do me a tremendous favor, and try your install again, but
this time go into the utilities menu, and turn logging on. It will create a
sysinst.log file which will aid me *greatly* in debugging your problem. (as a
matter of fact, thats why I put it in there.. ;)
I would also ask, that anyone planning on trying a sysinst install with 1.3I,
make a log of it, and if possible send it to me, successful or not.. so I can
see whats going on in there.
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Tim Rightnour - root@garbled.net
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