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Date: Sun, 22 Sep 1996 18:59:09 -0700 (PDT)
From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
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To: "K.C. Komosky" <kc@mb.sympatico.ca>
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Subject: Re: Problems in installing from DOS partition
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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