FreeBSD 7 installs where FreeBSD 8 wont due to CD

[Pete French]

> Basically if it feels like you are the first one to report the problem, then,
> unfortunately, the onus is on you...

Sure, I've been around here long enough to know this - was just trying to see
if anyone else knew about it, as it takes so long to boot over the network
that I really didn't want to scrub my nstall to try the most recent
snapshot only to find it doesnt work (we are talking 3 hours or so wasted
potentially), or to duplicate testing for something already well known.

> For non-ports problems the PR database is a burial ground.  It's not very
> frequent to see an issue reported via a PR to get resolved unless the reporter

Actually my expereice of filing PR's has been pretty positive over the
years. Am a bit surprised you feel this way. Investigating and posting
here also generates reseults, but I do like to tag them onto a PR in
the end, just so they dont get lost. I can't think of a serious kernel
bug I filed a PR for which wasn't investigated and resolved, sorry if
you've had less success.

> So, my concrete suggestion is - please first try the latest version of FreeBSD
> that you consider to possibly use in the near future.  If there is a problem
> with it, then please get back and let's try to get it solved.

Well, am trying to boot the most recent 8.1 snapshot right now, lets see
how that goes...

-pete.