Date: Sun, 2 Jun 1996 11:35:44 +0200 (MET DST) From: grog@lemis.de (Greg Lehey) To: sathalye@qualcomm.com (Sanjeev Athalye) Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Install problem - HD read-only? Message-ID: <199606020935.LAA15815@allegro.lemis.de> In-Reply-To: <v02130500add2488aefb1@[129.46.104.151]> from "Sanjeev Athalye" at May 29, 96 11:37:45 am
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Sanjeev Athalye writes: > > I don't know if this one made it to the list before, but here it is: It's the first time I've heard of it. > I have a P5/166, 48Mb RAM, 2.1Gb IDE HD. The HD is partitioned as follows: > > DOS 400Mb > FreeBSD 700Mb > WinNT 900Mb > > The FreeBSD slice has /, SWAP, /var and /usr, with the / partition within > 500Mb. The install works fine until after it asks for the install source > (which is an MS-DOS partition). It then attempts to do the commit > operation, and write the files, but comes back with a message stating that > the HD is "read-only". It tries to copy the files, and says, "Wrote -1 > bytes ....". I have tried installing FreeBSD about 6 times, trying > different things, but have always met with this stumbling block. Please > help. At a guess, it's getting confused by the disk geometry. Did the partition editor show all your DOS partitions correctly with the correct size and type? In any case, try again, and when it fails, press Alt-F2. This will show you a debug screen. With any luck, there will be a message there saying what's really hurting it. Greg
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