From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Mon Apr 24 20:06:44 2017 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 09305D4EED5 for ; Mon, 24 Apr 2017 20:06:44 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from byrnejb@harte-lyne.ca) Received: from inet08.hamilton.harte-lyne.ca (inet08.hamilton.harte-lyne.ca [216.185.71.28]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "inet08.hamilton.harte-lyne.ca", Issuer "CA_HLL_ISSUER_2016" (not verified)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id C1C5FA08 for ; Mon, 24 Apr 2017 20:06:43 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from byrnejb@harte-lyne.ca) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by inet08.hamilton.harte-lyne.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id D43AF611F9; Mon, 24 Apr 2017 16:06:41 -0400 (EDT) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at harte-lyne.ca Received: from inet08.hamilton.harte-lyne.ca ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (inet08.hamilton.harte-lyne.ca [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id E7e48rr0iR9Z; Mon, 24 Apr 2017 16:06:40 -0400 (EDT) Received: from webmail.harte-lyne.ca (inet04.hamilton.harte-lyne.ca [216.185.71.24]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by inet08.hamilton.harte-lyne.ca (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 7B81A60263; Mon, 24 Apr 2017 16:06:39 -0400 (EDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=harte-lyne.ca; s=dkim_hll; t=1493064399; bh=fmGfzk2fKMXnjj3FrFmhxKZxAZxxMnguLM7qRaMdK6k=; h=In-Reply-To:References:Date:Subject:From:To:Cc:Reply-To; b=O6/4hqZqH0JWvQRK8MxYVSzBhXLuPiC7mPBwLPODw0LmdWqygORTXM75F8skbefgo QU2Ldx0hiz4Q1PlBUSXzEz96f9jJNVBZTB1bPw+2CWNo3OrWHF7bZDAkqYNwt2y8PL 8Veynyq8CkXTHjF9NmtkhPrMqYkfZGSoRCkFGz1zMYpFvKPEhchNZghpDLfG74FRgv W39CWeIq3tRk9k3cmMzyq1izogFDxiRy4miBvxZAVAjEwEHa/X7mjv7RiLoiG1xVKm Y7UXJA083NLj+nV40Urk0GCdr6J/Z+EghnPlDzv+lJ+I59JgMrt2UcNG8DbSh3EX50 lQhO3OvKc8FDw== Received: from 216.185.71.44 (SquirrelMail authenticated user byrnejb_hll) by webmail.harte-lyne.ca with HTTP; Mon, 24 Apr 2017 16:06:39 -0400 Message-ID: <12a08670f70fb398b5aa09cbd3cc4846.squirrel@webmail.harte-lyne.ca> In-Reply-To: <58FE1CE5.7030900@gmail.com> References: <95963a8c2b078850f983da664671e6a4.squirrel@webmail.harte-lyne.ca> <58FE1CE5.7030900@gmail.com> Date: Mon, 24 Apr 2017 16:06:39 -0400 Subject: Re: Installing FreeBSD-11 on i386 From: "James B. Byrne" To: "Ernie Luzar" Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Reply-To: byrnejb@harte-lyne.ca User-Agent: SquirrelMail/1.4.22-4.el6 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Importance: Normal X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 24 Apr 2017 20:06:44 -0000 On Mon, April 24, 2017 11:42, Ernie Luzar wrote: > > Symptoms may be caused by bad dvd media or dvd r/w hardware. > That long pause is a good indicator. > Recreate your dvd disk using a never before used blank one. > You could also trying burning the dvd media on different dvd r/w > hardware. > > I have 11.0 installed on a i386 mbr hard drive. I used the cdrom1.iso > because I don't have dvd r/w hardware. > It seems that my difficulties were caused by a dvd drive that exhibited an intermittent failure on write. I recreated the i386 install dvd using a USB plug in dvd r/w drive and the new media successfully installed on the target host. Thanks to all who replied for the help. -- *** e-Mail is NOT a SECURE channel *** Do NOT transmit sensitive data via e-Mail Do NOT open attachments nor follow links sent by e-Mail James B. Byrne mailto:ByrneJB@Harte-Lyne.ca Harte & Lyne Limited http://www.harte-lyne.ca 9 Brockley Drive vox: +1 905 561 1241 Hamilton, Ontario fax: +1 905 561 0757 Canada L8E 3C3