Date: Sun, 22 Sep 1996 18:59:09 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: "K.C. Komosky" <kc@mb.sympatico.ca> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Problems in installing from DOS partition Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.94.960922185546.298K-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <3245BA10.40EB@mb.sympatico.ca>
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On Sun, 22 Sep 1996, K.C. Komosky wrote: > > > I'm trying to install FreeBSD 2.1.5 on my home PC. Since my CD-ROM is an > > > Atapi-IDE type, I decided against ordering the CD and started downloading > > > from the ftp.freebsd.org site onto my DOS 6.22 partition. I intend FreeBSD > > > to be in a second partition right after the initial DOS one. > > > > > > Everything seems to go along fine, but I get an error message: > > > Unable to transfer the bin distribution from wd0s1 > > > > Take a look on the ALT-F2 screen and see if you can pick out the exact > > error. That would be most helpful. > > Anyways, the Alt-F2 screen went something like this: > > bin > bin/cat > bin/chmod > DEBUG: Request for bin/bin.ab from DOS > bin /csh > bin/date > bin/dd > /stand/cpio: invalid header: checksum error > pid 37 (gunzip) uid ): exited on signal 11 > DEBUG: Switching back to VTY1 > /stand/cpio: premature end of file Hm. I would guess at: 1) You downloaded the files in ASCII mode. 2) You have bad memory and/or processor cache. > Is this any hint? Does this mean that the checksum.md5 and install.sh files > that ar on the FTP site are not necessary? If they aren't, are there any other > files that are not necessary as well? The /bin directory on the ftp site > contains the files bin.aa through bin.cq, plus bin.inf and bin.mtr, as well as > checksum.md5 and install.sh. the checksum and install files should be there and wouldn't have an effect on the error you're having. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major
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