From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Feb 21 6:45:41 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from sasknow.com (h139-142-245-96.ss.fiberone.net [139.142.245.96]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8D0CB37BDED for ; Mon, 21 Feb 2000 06:45:39 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from freebsd@sasknow.com) Received: from localhost (freebsd@localhost) by sasknow.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id IAA13770; Mon, 21 Feb 2000 08:44:59 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from freebsd@sasknow.com) Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2000 08:44:59 -0600 (CST) From: Ryan Thompson To: Michael Craig Davidson Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: bin.cc In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Mon, 21 Feb 2000, Michael Craig Davidson wrote: > Hey guys, > Great operating system but on my older laptop I am forced to perform a > floppy install. I get all the way to loading bin.cc and my computer says > that there is a write error (-1). I have tried reformatting the disk and > downloading the file again but to no avail. Any suggestions? Is that > file corrupt? Thanx. > Do you mean to say that you get a write error when writing bin.cc to the floppy, or you get a write error when sysinstall is installing bin.cc? If it is the former, try a different disk (or remove the write protection and try try again :-) Disks have a tendency to wear out over time, and you may have found a bad one. If you are referring to the latter (i.e., the files appeared to copy fine to disks but you can't install from the boot floppy), check the integrity of your hard disk on your laptop, and ensure that you have enough free space to complete the install. -- Ryan Thompson 50% Owner, Sysadmin SaskNow Technologies http://www.sasknow.com #106-380 3120 8th St E Saskatoon, SK S7H 0W2 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message