In article <3CCB1605.2070009@mac.com>
paulbeard@mac.com wrote:

> This is where I get to this time: as you can see, I started up 
> from the boot floppy for 1.5ZC, and that path won't work. Every 
> time I try to edit it, the install process hangs. I have reboot to 
> open firmware (bear in mind I have to do this on console, since 
> video doesn't work).

"It works for me." (with serial console)

Would you please mention more details what you typed, how it failed,
and what your console output said?

> Why isn''t the snapshot directory the default location on a 
> snapshot install?

Maybe it is because each snapshot is not official release.
There is no formal place for snapshot, and sysinst is
designed for the official release.

> But then I got hung up on not being able to get the 
> xbase.tgz package and was then unable to continue.

As I said before, 20020407-1.5ZC snapshot does not contain
X sets. You cannot specify full installation. instead,
you have to select custum installation and disable all X sets.
(of course "hangup" is not good, though..)

> I couldn't 
> unmount the filesystems. Another reboot, another trip through 
> disklabeling, etc.

Again, please mention what you tried and what was printed exactly.
Not all people could reproduce your problem.
(it smells of serial console problem..)

> If this current attempt fails, I'll stick with 
> 1.5.2 until 1.5.3 is released.

Did boot.fs in 1.5.2 work properly before? Did you see any significant
difference on installation between 1.5.2 and 20020407-1.5ZC snapshot?
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Izumi Tsutsui
tsutsui@ceres.dti.ne.jp