Date: Sun, 25 Apr 2010 08:23:28 +0100 From: Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> To: =?UTF-8?B?0JDQvdGC0L7QvSDQmtC70LXRgdGB?= <antoniok.spb@gmail.com> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Installing from FTP: unable to transfer the GENERIC distribution Message-ID: <4BD3EDF0.2090105@infracaninophile.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <o2y3f1c29e71004241441j9ca175e8g66282c5fd6aa93b5@mail.gmail.com> References: <x2u3f1c29e71004241251r6cef49f7m8b7b2df266334b0d@mail.gmail.com> <4BD3526F.2090700@infracaninophile.co.uk> <p2q3f1c29e71004241340qe5ee0aebm494d81d099b2ce7@mail.gmail.com> <o2y3f1c29e71004241441j9ca175e8g66282c5fd6aa93b5@mail.gmail.com>
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 24/04/2010 22:41:13, Антон Клесс wrote: >> Suspect hardware on the second system? Try escaping to the shell >>> (Alt-F4) after pulling down some of the distribution sets and see if >>> 'netstat -i' shows interface errors. >>> >> >> I tried to, but (Alt-F4) does nothing. >> Should it work in "Standard" installation method or "Custom"? >> > > > > This time I lucky: "Base" distribution set get right, and when "Generic" > started downloading, I reached the console you mean. > > netstat -i says there are no errors. > > second console says following: > > /stand/cpio: invalid header: checksum error > /stand/cpio: warning: skipped <number> bytes of junk > /stand/cpio: : No such file or directory > > > While downloading, such messages run out very fast. > Then, sysinstall says: > > User confirmation requested > Unable to transfer the GENERIC distribution from ftp://ftp10.freebsd.org. > Do you want to try to retrieve it again? Hmmm... well, the best theory I can see that fits the observed symptoms is that you are getting packet loss while trying to download the distribution sets for your second system. Packet loss usually means dodgy hardware. I think you'ld have to be seeing quite substantial packet loss -- more than about 5% -- or the normal TCP retransmission stuff would fix things at the cost of a rather lower than normal download speed. It's pretty hard to diagnose such problems from the installer -- try booting the machine from a livecd and using a more capable environment to work out what's going wrong. Cheers, Matthew - -- Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 7 Priory Courtyard Flat 3 PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Ramsgate Kent, CT11 9PW -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG/MacGPG2 v2.0.14 (Darwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAkvT7fAACgkQ8Mjk52CukIy9bACePj/qXPxD+FRX7XPc5+KAQxqK FAUAnjNSDDvEFMhudlzmboD0TPfHj5OR =TGTL -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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