Date: Sun, 9 Feb 1997 11:22:15 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: Hector L Samalot <samaloth@n-jcenter.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: your mail Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.94.970209112103.4185B-100000@localhost> In-Reply-To: <9702071715.AA23182@nj2.n-jcenter.com>
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On Fri, 7 Feb 1997, Hector L Samalot wrote: > P133 > 16MB RAM > 1033M HD with a partition for DOS. > 600MB PRI-DOS partition > 300MB FreeBsd partition > > I keep getting "panic: bad dir" when i am installing. Then it > automatically reboots the machine and i have to start all over with the > installation. I am installing from the DOS partition, and sometimes, when > i install from the floppy i get another message saying "Write failure on > transfer! (wrote -1 byte of 1024)" > Is there anything you know about this problem? I can't tell with this information. . What install method are you using? . What is any output on the ALT-F2 debug console? . Have you tried deleting the failed install slice and installing clean? 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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