Izumi Tsutsui wrote:
> In article <3CCB1605.2070009@mac.com>

> "It works for me." (with serial console)
> 
> Would you please mention more details what you typed, how it failed,
> and what your console output said?

It fails on seemingly any random edits: could be a paste from 
another window (which hangs the serial connection) or interactive 
editing.

> 
>>Why isn''t the snapshot directory the default location on a 
>>snapshot install?
> 
> 
> Maybe it is because each snapshot is not official release.
> There is no formal place for snapshot, and sysinst is
> designed for the official release.

Hmm, it would be useful perhaps if the sysinst versions for 
snapshots could have the right path for those with less than 
reliable editing capability.

> 
>>But then I got hung up on not being able to get the 
>>xbase.tgz package and was then unable to continue.
> 
> 
> As I said before, 20020407-1.5ZC snapshot does not contain
> X sets. You cannot specify full installation. instead,
> you have to select custum installation and disable all X sets.
> (of course "hangup" is not good, though..)

yup, I see that now: I kinda miss X, so I'll see how this goes. 
Perhaps I'll get brave and try RC2 again in a day or two.


> (it smells of serial console problem..)

Oh, I agree: this is an old box, Apple first's stab at OF, so I 
expect there are some gotchas.

> 
>>If this current attempt fails, I'll stick with 
>>1.5.2 until 1.5.3 is released.
> 
> 
> Did boot.fs in 1.5.2 work properly before? Did you see any significant
> difference on installation between 1.5.2 and 20020407-1.5ZC snapshot?

Seems to have. Related question: can I write to the floppy device, 
in the event I want to boot from a different boot.fs and want to 
save the steps of walking from machine to machine?


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