Subject: Re: *sniffle* *kick Installer 1.1f*
To: SamMaEl <rimsky@teleport.com>
From: Colin Wood <cwood@ichips.intel.com>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 11/09/1997 18:00:16
SamMaEl wrote:
> 
> 
> > 
> > The latest version of the installer is 1.1f, I think.  Grab a copy of it
> > and allocate as much memory to it as you can while you install.  That
> > might fix your troubles.  There were some problems with 1.1g (I'll go take
> > it out of the 1.3_ALPHA directory in a couple of minutes).
> > 
> 
> 	I have the 1.1f version of the installer, and that is what has
> been causing all of the problems. I just tried my old copy of 1.1e and
> just like 1.1f it died in the exact same place... after it installs
> ./usr/sbin/tcpdump (somehow I find the name of the file quite ironic...)
> But, 1.1e gives the error: 
> 
> Error on SCSIRead(), # 5
> pos = 0, i = 11, fs = /
> allocgblk: can'd find blk in cyl
> 
> 	Then it quits there, rather than crashing. I remember having this
> problem before with 1.1e, which was why I got 1.1f ;-) But, obviously that
> hasn't fixed it... I am going to try 1.1g anyways... and fiddle around
> some more. Ican't think of anything else to do... maybe I should try
> fiddling with mkfs? I'm at a loss atm...

Doh!  Sorry, I meant try 1.1g.  The problems are with 1.1f!  I guess I've
gotten my alphabet backwards or something ;-)  Sorry for the confusion.
BTW, it appears that Steve has uploaded another ALPHA snapshot for eveyone
to try...have fun!

Later.

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Colin Wood                                 cwood@ichips.intel.com
Component Design Engineer - MD6                 Intel Corporation
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