From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jan 13 12:18:11 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D2D201065678 for ; Tue, 13 Jan 2009 12:18:11 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ttdbsd@yahoo.com.au) Received: from n4.bullet.mail.ac4.yahoo.com (n4.bullet.mail.ac4.yahoo.com [76.13.13.28]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 7A2898FC16 for ; Tue, 13 Jan 2009 12:18:11 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ttdbsd@yahoo.com.au) Received: from [76.13.13.25] by n4.bullet.mail.ac4.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 13 Jan 2009 12:04:55 -0000 Received: from [76.13.10.172] by t4.bullet.mail.ac4.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 13 Jan 2009 12:04:55 -0000 Received: from [127.0.0.1] by omp113.mail.ac4.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 13 Jan 2009 12:04:55 -0000 X-Yahoo-Newman-Property: ymail-3 X-Yahoo-Newman-Id: 718647.7019.bm@omp113.mail.ac4.yahoo.com Received: (qmail 63371 invoked by uid 60001); 13 Jan 2009 12:04:55 -0000 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=yahoo.com.au; h=X-YMail-OSG:Received:X-Mailer:Date:From:Subject:To:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding:Message-ID; b=GPU0bI2i+MTs/nIrIrs5mi1q495cDo7ma/RM6IrFcG+w404NSVYxWwpKQ6LJCC4aV+v5bftuyaDsvyEAJgIutpQqeNQGvhuj8coSezUHZorEwvgsC6/prrMzxYuO/Fhn1ly0TwhtRSDSN05nzXkuDZFonxSC8irnaPEpWEbW10U=; X-YMail-OSG: j5HG3vYVM1nrScwBq.C_8aWio4No8d9hES9g_Dbb6JuqXgRt9_aau5grAbD6OudHLZvSHowtBjw3fvjdsYUl5xW_reZRP8QZUtDbp2nfndEBhnaJBefYea1dUs1J0Li8pB_WRcyU5yjK5C9Fcn23lclz1yGkiOYBI82Mvg14ihlffNgqr.C6n201TSWtySDbiGaIcans Received: from [203.219.159.120] by web59410.mail.ac4.yahoo.com via HTTP; Tue, 13 Jan 2009 04:04:55 PST X-Mailer: YahooMailWebService/0.7.260.1 Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2009 04:04:55 -0800 (PST) From: T D To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-ID: <519378.62483.qm@web59410.mail.ac4.yahoo.com> Subject: FreeBSD 7.0 Installation error X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2009 12:18:12 -0000 Hi people,=0A=0AHi people,=0AI am Tom and I have been attempting to install= FreeBSD 7.0 from a dvd.=0AI put the dvd in the drive and boot, the boot sc= reen appears with the options default, acpi disabled, safe mode, etc, I the= n select default.=0AThe hardware probing/detecting scrolls by and then come= s to a halt with the following line:=0A=0AGEOM_LABLE: Lable for provider ac= d0 is is09660/FreeBSD 7.=0A=0AI have also on other boot attempts tried acpi= disabled, safe mode with the same outcome.=0AHave selected single user on = another attempt and sysinstall program boots, after going through setting u= p the hard drive and paritions durring the install of the os the following = error occurs numerous times:=0A=0AWrite failure on transfer!=0A(write 0 byt= es of 1425408 bytes) 100%=0A=0AJust wondering if this has occured to any on= e else and how they got around it.=0ALook forward to replys, thanks=0A=0ATo= m=0A=0A=0A Stay connected to the people that matter most with a smarte= r inbox. Take a look http://au.docs.yahoo.com/mail/smarterinbox