Possible regression with 200807 amd64 snapshot CD
Tim Kientzle
kientzle at freebsd.org
Mon Aug 18 18:32:55 UTC 2008
Garrett Cooper wrote:
> When trying to install 7.0-RELEASE on amd64 with the snapshot CD for
> 8.0-CURRENT, I'm running into issues where I can't seem to install
> because the installer gets to a point where it just quits with a -1
> exit code.
>
> Looking at the console I see a load of "cpio: malformed number"
> messages scroll by the screen, which makes me think that the issue
> lays with either the integrity of the archives received, or there's a
> bug with cpio that's included in the snapshot CD.
>
> Could someone verify of disprove this issue please?
Could be a cpio bug. 8.0-CURRENT has a new cpio.
At what point does this occur? Are you trying
to install 7.0-RELEASE from a CD?
Let me know...
Tim
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