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- From: pmacdona@sanjuan (Peter MacDonald)
- Subject: Re: SLS package installation
- Message-ID: <1992Sep8.220849.11121@sol.UVic.CA>
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- Organization: University of Victoria, Victoria B.C. CANADA
- References: <1992Sep8.055532.17468@coe.montana.edu> <trussell.715939665@cwis>
- Date: Tue, 8 Sep 92 22:08:49 GMT
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- In article <trussell.715939665@cwis> trussell@cwis.unomaha.edu (Tim Russell) writes:
- >bugs@cs.montana.edu (Dave Seelmeyer) writes:
- >
- >>their job, and all is ok so far. The problem is when I want to do a full
- >>installation (full base and X11). I have tried sysinstall -all and also
- >>doinstall /dev/hda2. With the first, it asks to insert disk #3 in the
- >>floppy drive and press return. Upon doing this, it repeats the message.
- >>It will do this 3 times and return to the prompt. With the second, it
- >>starts with the same disk #3 message and then responds with "magic match
- >>failed" or somesuch and comes back to the prompt.
- >
- > Peter doesn't want to admit it, but apparently even his own kernel
- >didn't get his patches right. According to him, his kernel is supposed
- >to be patched so it automatically figures out what kind of a filesystem
- >it's mounting, but it doesn't work.
-
- Well, begining to wonder if I screwed up, I just downloaded the SLS
- 1.Z and tried it. It worked as advertised, that is, it mounts dos
- disks correctly. Since many others manage the install without problem
- something you are doing is different than them. Not knowing what else
- to do, I reiterate my warnings.
-
- 1) The "magic match failed" message is always seen for DOS disks because
- the kernel is trying "minix fs" first, then "ext fs" then "dos".
- 2) IF YOU DON'T DOWNLOAD *ALL* FILES (including the files "disk3"...)
- THE INSTALL PROGRAM FAILS, BECAUSE THEY VERIFY THE CORRECT ORDER.
-
- That is, disk 3 must contain the following:
-
- BASE.TAZ
- DISK3
- ...
-
- The file DISK3 is not just a description file that you can omit.
-
- BTW:
- The next release of SLS will be .98 and will be around the end of
- September (earlier if possible) and will be entirely jump table,
- and thus will be upgradable with just kernel/shlibs, plus a few
- fixed binaries. It will also have improved documentation, as
- well as better warning messages about things like above.
- I would like to see Interviews included as well (idraw et al).
-
- Peter
- pmacdona@sanjuan.uvic.ca
-
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