Date: Wed, 8 Jan 1997 01:57:20 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: Rob Ayres <rob@trin.demon.co.uk> Cc: freeBSD <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Help!! :) Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.94.970108015612.246M-100000@localhost> In-Reply-To: <s1vfECAbrY0yEw31@trin.demon.co.uk>
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On Mon, 6 Jan 1997, Rob Ayres wrote: > Im trying to load freeBSD 2.1 onto my PC. The PC only has one hard disk > which is going to be totally dedicated to freeBSD. The hard disk and > CDROM are both on the same EISA cable. I boot the PC using the ATAPI > boot floppy created from the CD, and use the -c option and then visual > to sort out any conflicts and disable devices I dont have. > > The PC then boots into the installation menu so I can set up my > partitions and select the options I want from the CDROM ( I chose the > custom installation ). Finally it asks me to select my instalation > medium which is CDROM. It then says 'extracting bin in / directory'. > after a a minute of sitting at 1% it then says 'write failure on > transfer! ( wrote -1 bytes of 10240 bytes )'. > > Can you tell me what this mesage means and how I can fix it please!! About a million things. Hit ALT-F2 and look for any suspicious messages. need....more....info!!! .... . CPU type . Equipment Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major
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