Subject: Re: Installer Woes
To: Dan Keen <keen@graphics.cis.upenn.edu>
From: Colin Wood <ender@is.rice.edu>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 03/05/1997 20:11:11
> Hi. I recently downloaded the full version of netbsd 1.2, and I
> partitioned my external Tsunami 330-Q into three partitions, one of
> which is ~ 150 megs of Root/Usr, one of which is ~150 megs of HFS,
> and the final is 34,816 KB of Swap. I have 17 MB RAM, and IIsi.
> When installing base12, I get up to installing ./bin/sleep. After
> that, instead of putting the access privileges, on the next line it
> puts sz 8192 and then does a user break. Is there anything I'm doing
> wrong? I've tried turning off all extensions and reformatting the
> partition, but it doesn't work. Thanx for your help.
> Dan
Hmmm...you might try upping the amount of memory allocated to the
Installer (you have more than enough on your machine, go ahead and set it
to 2048 kB or even higher). Also, what version of the Installer are you
using? I think the latest version is 1.1d.
I hope this helps.
Later.
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Colin Wood ender@is.rice.edu
Consultant Rice University
Information Technology Services Houston, TX