Date: Sat, 27 Jan 96 12:14:32 EST From: jeff@stat.uconn.edu (Jeffrey M. Metcalf) To: bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Problems with DOS partition install Message-ID: <9601271714.AA11738@ruddles.stat.uconn.edu>
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Hello, The instructions in the installation manual for an installation from a DOS partition seem to be very incomplete. When I prepare for a minimal installation from a DOS partition by copying e:\dists\bin ------> c:\freebsd\bin e:\floppies ------> c:\freebsd\floppies (all copying is checked and is complete) I get a Write Failure on transfer message when the installation program is attempting to write to the / directory. The following is an excerpt from the debugging mode's output: ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Pressing Alt-F2 and going into Debugging mode I see the following messages. ... stuff about copying -> /stand (seems OK) then DEBUG: Dummy [default] close called for wd0s1 with fd 6 DEBUG: Request for bin/bin.tgz from DOS DEBUG: Request for bin/bin.aa from DOS . bin bin/cat gunzip: stdin: invalid compressed data--format violated DEBUG: Dummy [default] close called for wd0s1 with fd of 7. DEBUG: Switching back to VTY1 /stand/cpio: premature end of file DEBUG: Switching back to VTY1 --------------------------------------------------------------------- It would be helpful if someone could test the installation from a DOS partition and let me know what's going on. Thanks for the help. J. Metcalf
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