I've installed all the non-X stuff twice, and both times have managed to 
wipe my entire /usr partition by the simple expedient of executing 

cd /usr/bin
ls

which gives a data abort, a stack backtrace, and the partition is wiped 
after I reboot. I've simply used all the materials in the beta release as 
directed in the instructions. What am I doing wrong?

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