Date: Sat, 19 Mar 2005 19:16:13 +1030 From: lists <lists@webzone.net.au> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD 5.3 - Write failure on transfer Message-ID: <423BE6D5.7020400@webzone.net.au> In-Reply-To: <41E6579D.8000005@webzone.net.au> References: <41D78555.10605@webzone.net.au> <20050102054245.GD14949@alzatex.com> <41D79361.1050806@webzone.net.au> <41D9FF35.9080702@webzone.net.au> <41E6579D.8000005@webzone.net.au>
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I have made some limited progress on the FreeBSD 5.3 Netserver problem outline below. I have been able to install FreeBSD 5.3 on a Netserver using the onboard SCSI card. However it will not install if I use the HP 1si NetRaid card for the SCSI drives. So it appears to be having a problem with the HP 1si NetRaid card. Any suggestions or advice? Lino Webzone lists wrote: > Further to this problem, I have tried installing FreeBSD5.3 on a > second hp netserver and I continue to get the same problem during the > install process. > > "Write failure on transfer! (wrote -1 bytes of 1425408 bytes)" > > After two weeks of stuffing around I am giving up on 5.3 - there is > clearly something wrong with 5.3 - there does not appear to be > anything wrong with the hardware - its appears to be a FreeBSD 5.3 > issue -. I have gone back to 4.10 which installs fine. Somewhere > between 4.10 and 5.3 something has broken in relation to an > installation on a netserver box. > > Has anyone else got a hp netserver LC2000r or similar box and been > able to get 5.3 installed? > > Lino > > > lists wrote: > >> It looks like it is having a problem relating to the mounting the >> drives. When I rerun the FreeBSD5.3 install a second time - it lists >> the drives from the first install but they are missing the mount >> locations. >> >> Any suggestions on a work around? >> >> Lino >> >> lists wrote: >> >>> Loren M. Lang wrote: >>> >>>> On Sun, Jan 02, 2005 at 03:53:33PM +1030, Lino Fusco wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>>> Hi, >>>>> >>>>> I am a newbie to this list and I hope I am posting to the correct >>>>> list - apologies if I am off target. >>>>> >>>>> I am installing FreeBSD 5.3 on a hp netserver LC2000r. The box is >>>>> a dual processor P3 with three scsi2 drives running in a raid1 >>>>> configuration with one hot spare. >>>>> >>>>> We have six of these boxes. Three of them are running FreeBSD 4.8 >>>>> or 4.9 without a hitch. >>>>> >>>>> I decided to install 5.3 from CD on a fourth box and I am having a >>>>> problem. >>>>> >>>>> I go through the install process. When it goes to write the file >>>>> structure to the drives it does this in a around 1 second - this >>>>> seems very fast. Then it starts copying from the CD and I quickly >>>>> get the following error: >>>>> >>>>> "Write failure on transfer! (wrote -1 bytes of 1425408 bytes)" >>>>> >>>>> I click ok and the next error message is: >>>>> >>>>> "unable to transfer the base distribution from acd0, do you want >>>>> to try to retrieve it again?". >>>>> >>>>> So this has started me troubleshooting the possible causes of the >>>>> problem: >>>>> >>>>> 1) First stop was to suspect the freebsd iso I had burnt was >>>>> suspect. So I re burnt the cd and the problem persisted. I then >>>>> suspected the ISO I had downloaded was corrupted. So I downloaded >>>>> it again, burnt the cd but the problem still persisted. >>>>> >>>>> 2) I then suspected the second copy could have come from a cache >>>>> and therefore may have the same problem as the first copy - so I >>>>> checked the md5 signature but it lines up with the original from >>>>> freebsd.org >>>>> >>>>> 3) I suspected the CD Rom drive - so I swapped it with one of our >>>>> other Netserver boxes - problem still persisted. >>>>> >>>>> 4)I suspected a drive formatting problem - so I went back into the >>>>> SCSI software, redid the raid drives and reformatted them - >>>>> problem still persisted. >>>>> >>>>> 5) I suspected another hardware problem - so I pulled out FreeBSD >>>>> 4.9 to see if that would install - and it did install without any >>>>> errors. That sort of discounts there being any hardware problems. >>>>> It points to something specific to freebsd 5.3. >>>>> >>>>> So this is where I have got to - FreeBSD 4.9 will install without >>>>> errors but 5.3 will not install. >>>>> >>>>> I suspect the problem has to do with the initial setting up of the >>>>> file structure - 5.3 is doing this in about one second whereas 4.9 >>>>> takes closer to a minute to do this. >>>>> >>>>> Any thoughts or suggestion? >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> I believe FreeBSD 5.3 does support using UFS 1 in the install, just >>>> check the option in the disklabel program, but if the partitioning >>>> also >>>> fails then that may not be the problem. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>> Lino >>>>> Webzone >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >>>>> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >>>>> To unsubscribe, send any mail to >>>>> "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> Hi, >>> >>> Tried setting the partitions to UFS1 - FreeBSD 5.3 then takes closer >>> to a minute to setup the partitions just like 4.9 - but still get >>> the same error message when it goes to copy the files. >>> >>> Thanks but did not work. >>> >>> Lino >>> _______________________________________________ >>> freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >>> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >>> To unsubscribe, send any mail to >>> "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >>> >> > >
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