more on Problem Report i386/39574

[Paul Lambert]

I have obtained version 5.1 of FreeBSD and attempted to install it.  Still 
get the same errors though not as much detail is given.  The error reads 
"unable to transfer .... from ufs" where ... represents the specific 
distribution such as /manpages, /dist, etc.

When performing a mount command while in the "fixit" shell I get /dev/acd0 
on /dist (cd9660, local, read-only).  Previous documentation always 
referred to the CDROM drive as /dev/cd0c, especially in the FreeBSD 
handbook.  Is our problem a typo?

I have reviewed the first several chapters of the publication "FreeBSD" by 
Walnut Creek that I obtained when version 4.4 was released.  Between 
reading the www.freebsd.org web and this publication it is not totally 
clear if I still need a floppy boot disk.  Maybe this is the problem.  The 
book seems to imply that although a CDROM is available that sysinstall must 
run from the floppy.

Of course, this is further complicated since the file "boot.flp" on the 
floppies directory is 2.8 meg much larger than a floppy can hold.  Which of 
course contradicts the web page instructions on using "fdimage" to make a 
boot floppy in the first place.

If there is a quick fix to this, send it along to 
"lambert_paul_j at lilly.com" and I will replace the files and burn a new CD 
and let you know.  Otherwise it appears that this problem will linger 
indefinitely.

There are other significant errors with the 5.1 install that weren't there 
in 5.0.  For example, after I click "no" to the 15 or so transfer errors, 
the system goes ahead and congratulates me on a successful install and asks 
if I want to configure networking,user accounts, etc. even though no 
software has been installed.  In version 5.0 at least the install program 
detected a bad install and terminated the post install configuration.  It 
also appears in 5.1 that it cycles 2-3 times through the transfer errors 
before giving up.

Thanks

Paul