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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!feed1.news.erols.com!newsfeeds.sol.net!news-xfer.netaxs.com!ddsw1!news.mcs.net!ddsw1!not-for-mail From: font@MCS.COM (Font) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: What's wrong with this ATAPI setup? (and adduser.conf) Date: 1 Apr 1997 16:17:55 -0600 Organization: MCSNet Services Lines: 18 Message-ID: <5hs1ij$l5b$1@Venus.mcs.net> References: <5hpvus$ieh$1@Venus.mcs.net> <5hrc5h$4km@lace.colorado.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: venus.mcs.net Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:38223 fcrary@rintintin.Colorado.EDU (Frank Crary) writes: >In article <5hpvus$ieh$1@Venus.mcs.net>, Font <font@MCS.COM> wrote: >>[can't install from ATAPI CD-ROM in 2.1.7] >I don't have a solution, but I've run into this problem twice. The >2.1.x documentation says that you need to use a different file to >create the boot disk (or run a different .exe if you are installing >from MS-DOS) if you are using an ATAPI CD-ROM. However, those files >do not seem to exist on my 2.1.5 CD-ROM. There used to be different boot floppies for ATAPI and "normal"/SCSI, but now there's only one boot floppy image on the CD-ROM. I also noticed that in 2.1.7 the /etc/adduser.* files don't seem to get installed, so the adduser script always fails, especially through /stand/sysinstall. Anyone know if this is fixed in 2.1.7.1 or 2.2.1? -- font@mcs.net Wishes are like dishes.