Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2005 21:42:29 +1030 From: lists <lists@webzone.net.au> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD 5.3 - Write failure on transfer Message-ID: <41E6579D.8000005@webzone.net.au> In-Reply-To: <41D9FF35.9080702@webzone.net.au> References: <41D78555.10605@webzone.net.au> <20050102054245.GD14949@alzatex.com> <41D79361.1050806@webzone.net.au> <41D9FF35.9080702@webzone.net.au>
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Further to this problem, I have tried installing FreeBSD5.3 on a second hp netserver and I continue to get the same problem during the install process. "Write failure on transfer! (wrote -1 bytes of 1425408 bytes)" After two weeks of stuffing around I am giving up on 5.3 - there is clearly something wrong with 5.3 - there does not appear to be anything wrong with the hardware - its appears to be a FreeBSD 5.3 issue -. I have gone back to 4.10 which installs fine. Somewhere between 4.10 and 5.3 something has broken in relation to an installation on a netserver box. Has anyone else got a hp netserver LC2000r or similar box and been able to get 5.3 installed? Lino lists wrote: > It looks like it is having a problem relating to the mounting the > drives. When I rerun the FreeBSD5.3 install a second time - it lists > the drives from the first install but they are missing the mount > locations. > > Any suggestions on a work around? > > Lino > > lists wrote: > >> Loren M. Lang wrote: >> >>> On Sun, Jan 02, 2005 at 03:53:33PM +1030, Lino Fusco wrote: >>> >>> >>>> Hi, >>>> >>>> I am a newbie to this list and I hope I am posting to the correct >>>> list - apologies if I am off target. >>>> >>>> I am installing FreeBSD 5.3 on a hp netserver LC2000r. The box is >>>> a dual processor P3 with three scsi2 drives running in a raid1 >>>> configuration with one hot spare. >>>> >>>> We have six of these boxes. Three of them are running FreeBSD 4.8 >>>> or 4.9 without a hitch. >>>> >>>> I decided to install 5.3 from CD on a fourth box and I am having a >>>> problem. >>>> >>>> I go through the install process. When it goes to write the file >>>> structure to the drives it does this in a around 1 second - this >>>> seems very fast. Then it starts copying from the CD and I quickly >>>> get the following error: >>>> >>>> "Write failure on transfer! (wrote -1 bytes of 1425408 bytes)" >>>> >>>> I click ok and the next error message is: >>>> >>>> "unable to transfer the base distribution from acd0, do you want to >>>> try to retrieve it again?". >>>> >>>> So this has started me troubleshooting the possible causes of the >>>> problem: >>>> >>>> 1) First stop was to suspect the freebsd iso I had burnt was >>>> suspect. So I re burnt the cd and the problem persisted. I then >>>> suspected the ISO I had downloaded was corrupted. So I downloaded >>>> it again, burnt the cd but the problem still persisted. >>>> >>>> 2) I then suspected the second copy could have come from a cache >>>> and therefore may have the same problem as the first copy - so I >>>> checked the md5 signature but it lines up with the original from >>>> freebsd.org >>>> >>>> 3) I suspected the CD Rom drive - so I swapped it with one of our >>>> other Netserver boxes - problem still persisted. >>>> >>>> 4)I suspected a drive formatting problem - so I went back into the >>>> SCSI software, redid the raid drives and reformatted them - problem >>>> still persisted. >>>> >>>> 5) I suspected another hardware problem - so I pulled out FreeBSD >>>> 4.9 to see if that would install - and it did install without any >>>> errors. That sort of discounts there being any hardware problems. >>>> It points to something specific to freebsd 5.3. >>>> >>>> So this is where I have got to - FreeBSD 4.9 will install without >>>> errors but 5.3 will not install. >>>> >>>> I suspect the problem has to do with the initial setting up of the >>>> file structure - 5.3 is doing this in about one second whereas 4.9 >>>> takes closer to a minute to do this. >>>> >>>> Any thoughts or suggestion? >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> I believe FreeBSD 5.3 does support using UFS 1 in the install, just >>> check the option in the disklabel program, but if the partitioning also >>> fails then that may not be the problem. >>> >>> >>> >>>> Lino >>>> Webzone >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >>>> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >>>> To unsubscribe, send any mail to >>>> "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> Hi, >> >> Tried setting the partitions to UFS1 - FreeBSD 5.3 then takes closer >> to a minute to setup the partitions just like 4.9 - but still get the >> same error message when it goes to copy the files. >> >> Thanks but did not work. >> >> Lino >> _______________________________________________ >> freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to >> "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >> >
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