First, if you want to save the debug log, you will require a
floppy disk formatted with an EAFS filesystem on it.
To do this on an existing OpenServer 5 system (with a 3.5 inch
floppy disk), run the following:
mkfs -f EAFS /dev/rfd0135ds18
Once this is created, proceed with the installation or upgrade as
usual, but at the Boot: prompt enter the following bootstring:
defbootstr isl.debug
If you are already specifying a bootstring, simply append the
"isl.debug" keyword to the end of it.
Once the installation files have completed loading from CD-ROM,
proceed with the installation or upgrade as usual. But, at any
point you should be able to switch to a character screen by pressing
<Ctrl><Alt><F3>, and be presented with a prompt of
<installation>.
If the installation or upgrade is failing with an error message,
it is a good idea to switch to the character screen and view/save
the install debug log at the point which the error is displayed.
This is now running a shell within the ramdisk created for the
Installation and Query Manager (IQM) where there are a limited
number of shell commands available.
The installation debug log is stored in /tmp/install.log and can be
viewed with the cat command (pg and vi are not provided within the
ramdisk). To save this file to disk, mount the floppy that you
previously created an EAFS filesystem on:
mount /dev/install /mnt
and then copy the file to it:
cp /tmp/install.log /mnt
Then unmount the disk:
umount /mnt
This disk can now be mounted on a live OpenServer 5 system and
viewed with the standard commands (pg, more, view, and so on).
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