Subject: Re: Sysinst confusion and recommendations
To: None <current-users@NetBSD.ORG>
From: Gerald C. Simmons <simmons@darykon.cet.com>
List: current-users
Date: 07/14/1998 07:32:41
> > I just attempted to upgrade from ver 1.2.1 to 1.3.2, and had a few
> > observations. This was my first exposure to Sysisnt. Overall, I really liked
> > the new install program. However, here were a couple of things that hung me up:
> 
> [...]
> > 	* Section 10. Finalizing your installation.
> > 	     "After reboot, you can log in "root" at the login prompt."
> >              Well, no, rc.conf still has the Configured Flag set to "NO".
> >              No Multi-user mode - No Login. I got stuck here because I
> >              couldn't figure out how to edit rc.conf. None of my editors
> >              worked. I'm going to re-boot to 1.2.1 and clean-up the 1.3.2
> >              install.
> 
> On which architecture is this? For the i386, I added a patch that set
> rc_configured=YES in rc.conf when finalizing the install for 1.3.2,
> you should definitely not be seeing it there.
> 
> - Frank
> 

Yes, this was on the i386 port. I just downloaded it on 6/28/98

Gerry