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- From: sxjcb@orca.alaska.edu (Jay C. Beavers)
- Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd
- Subject: Incorrect Install Procedure in FAQ
- Message-ID: <sxjcb-300892172124@sxjcb.uacn.alaska.edu>
- Date: 31 Aug 92 01:33:10 GMT
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- Organization: University of Alaska Computer Network
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- In the 386BSD 0.1 FAQ revision date 09 Aug 92 there is an error in one of
- the installation procedures. In section 2.04, 'How do I get 0.1 installed
- with "real" partitionning?', there is a description of how to install BIN01
- without using the happy fun EXTRACT program. The procedure neglects to
- mention that you have to run a device install script after step 21, the
- decompression of the bin01.* files. The result of this is that /dev/kmem
- doesn't get created, the rc script complains of its absence, and telnetd
- refuses to allow incoming telnet sessions.
-
- The original discussion on installing 386BSD 0.1 on a 40 mb hard drive by
- using the script:
- # (for i in /tmp/bin01.*; do
- > cat $i && rm $1
- > done
- > ) | uncompress | cpio -iadm
- also negelcts to mention this.
-
- I have done this in the past once and had to reinstall 386BSD to get it to
- work correctly. I've just done this a second time (fool me once, shame on
- you, fool me twice....) and I'm going to try and recover the original
- script from the bin01 files to see if running it afterwards will help. If
- it doesn't, I'll post the additional file you need to run that these
- procedures leave out.
-
- In the mean time, is there an easier way to patch this and does anyone know
- off the top of his/her head what I did wrong.
-
- - jcb
-
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