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On Fri, 28 Mar 1997, Bill Fay wrote:

> I'm installing freebsd for the first time and when I get to the point of
> installing the files, I get an error of "write on transfer (wrote -1
> bytes of 1024 bytes)".  I'm useing a maxtor 1240s drive and adaptec 1542
> card. I fdisk the drive by using the whole drive and the (all) defaults
> selection.  Is it a hardware problem or am I not setting up the drive
> right in the fdisk?  I have rule out a hardware problem.  I'm running
> out of solutions.  Please help.

At this point, press ALT-F2 and report any error messages you see.

This error is caused by a hundred different problems, unfortunately.

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major