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Date:      Fri, 1 Nov 1996 17:31:18 -0800 (PST)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
To:        Robert Martin <rm@senna.std.lt>
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: question on installation
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSI.3.94.961101173055.4938V-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <327726D5.160F@senna.std.lt>

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On Wed, 30 Oct 1996, Robert Martin wrote:

> I run into Message 'Write failure on transfer!(wrote -1 bytes of 1024
> bytes) 100%'.It is during installation from DOS partition.I've done 
> DOS partition 200Mb and for FreeBSD 800Mb.But structure of disk is as
> following:

What does the debug console (alt-F2) report?

> wd0 2112cyls/16heads/63sectors
> 0     63      62                         6  unused  0
> 64  411201  411263        wd0s1          2  fat     6
> 411264 1717632 2128895    wd0s2          3  freebsd 165 C> 


> The hard disk is OK because it was formatted with DOS format.May be
> second part of 800Mb I should format as well before making partition
> to freebsd? Thank you.

Certainly NOT!  It should remain unallocated.

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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