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<li>Mac68k

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<li>The installer generates incorrect /etc/fstab files.

<li>The installer generates incorrect /etc/fstab files causing messages such as "file system read-only" on bootup.

To correct, do the following:

To correct, boot to single-user mode (by clicking that checkbox in the Booter's Booting:Options dialog) and do the following:

<pre>

# mount /dev/sd0a /

# ed /etc/fstab

1,$s/ ufs / ffs /

1,$s/ ro / rw /

# reboot

</pre>

Alternately, simply invoke vi or another editor and change the root filesystem

to be of type ffs rather than ufs and be rw (read-write) rather than ro

(read-only). In either case, you'll need to reboot the system afterwards.

Make this correction as soon as possible after installing the system.

The installer should not have specified the filesystem as the old

"ufs" type; the "ffs" type is more correct.

<li>The installer forgets to install the kernel onto the filesystem.

This is because the installer expects all packages including the kernel to

be tar'ed and gzip'ed. The kernel was not shipped that way. Therefore, you

must make this correction before attempting to boot the system.

To correct, use the Installer mini-shell and do the following:

<pre>

cpin "INTERNAL:bsd-generic" "/bsd"

> cpin :[internal-macos-path]:bsd-generic bsd

</pre>

This should place the kernel as /bsd on the filesystem. Good luck.

This should place the kernel as /bsd on the filesystem. You should

replace the above string with the colon-delimited path from your deskpto to

wherever you have placed the kernel. If possible, it is easiest to drag the

kernel onto the desktop, so you can simply issue a command like:

<pre>

> cpin :bsd-generic bsd

</pre>

Good luck.

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