hi,
> I am not sure, but I am on Day 4 of the initial snap. I'm not sure how
> long I need to wait until I consider the current installation process
> a failure. Perhaps 12 more days of waiting and I'll call it quits.
My idea of working around this is taking the initial "snap -a" during
the installation. I'm assuming you are installing from CD on sdD0 to
sdC0 with the default partition names.
1: finish the installation to where "Feel free to turn off your computer."
message shows.
2: sweep a new window and follow the steps below.
term% mount /srv/9660 /n/dist /dev/sdD0/data
term% cd /n/dist/386/bin
term% {echo srv -p fscons; ./fossil/conf /dev/sdC0/fossil} > /tmp/f
term% ./venti/venti -c /dev/sdD0/arenas -a 'tcp!127.1!17034' -h
'tcp!127.1!8888'
term% venti=tcp!127.1!17034
term% ./fossil/fossil -c '. /tmp/f'
term% ./con -l /srv/fscons
prompt: fsys main snap -a
__wait until archive:.... shows__
prompt: fsys all sync
prompt: fsys all halt
__quits con__
>>>q
term% kill fossil | rc
term% ./fossil/fossil -c '. /tmp/f'
term% ./con -l /srv/fscons
prompt: fsys main df
__ the usage should be low once archived to venti __
prompt: fsys all sync
prompt: fsys all halt
__ quit con __
term% kill fossil | rc
term% ./venti/sync
<important>
DON'T HIT delete key IN THIS WINDOW. IT WILL KILL venti.
</important>
3: you can check the progress of snapshoting in another window.
term% mount /srv/9660 /n/dist /dev/sdD0/data
term% cd /n/dist/386/bin
term% telnet tcp!127.1!8888
GET /storage
__venti usages shows__
This process could be migrated into the installation process or not.
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