The sysinstall's safe_realloc() failure

[Peter Schultz]

Makoto Matsushita wrote:
> peter> I just installed 5.0-RELEASE via floppy/passive ftp from 
> peter> ftp6.freebsd.org.  I think it must be some JPSNAP specific bug or 
> peter> someone worked around the problem to get the release to work.
> 
> That's too much fast conclusion, except if you are intended to beat me:)
> 
> Please note that 1) somebody have no problems, even if you have
> troubles, 2) With a same machine on the same location, there are two
> cases (good and bad) for ftp installation, 3) CD-ROM installation,
> with exactly the same distribution, has no problem IIRC.
> 

Are you able to do a floppy install?  The latency from Minnesota to 
Japan might be too high you think?

Pete...