Bug#31099: 31099: boot-floppies error report

[Enrique Zanardi <ezanardi@ull.es>]

On Wed, Jan 06, 1999 at 07:03:12PM -0600, job bogan wrote:
> Your message dated: Wed, 06 Jan 1999 18:07:14 EST
> >
> >On Wed, 06 Jan 1999 11:52:29 -0600, job bogan <job@piquin.uchicago.edu> said:
> 
> >Interesting.  I had no problem actually installing base via PCMCIA
> >network link (NFS) with 2.1.4.  I'll retest this.  I *thought* 2.1.4
> >fixed all this.
> 
> just to clarify.  
> 
> 1) boot from dos w/ install.bat (loadlin)
> 2) install from hard disk (resc & drv on fat32)
> 3) config pcmcia
> 4) install base from hard disk (fat32)
> 5) *dies* from cardctl thing
> 
> if between 3 & 4 i switch vt's and kill cardctl, i never hit the error
> at 5.  i'm not installing off the net until after the 1st reboot.

cardctl is installed on the target partition while installing the
kernel and modules. It starts running after configuring pcmcia. When we
go to the extract base step, "star" will try to overwrite cardctl with
the copy on the base2_1.tgz archive, and will fail, as cardctl is in use.

I guess the best solution is moving cardctl to a temporary directory
before running it. I'll do that for boot-floppies_2.1.5
 
 	Thanks,
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Enrique Zanardi					   ezanardi@ull.es