Date: Fri, 1 Nov 1996 09:45:17 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: Harold Hoang <dillusiv@netcom.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 9601014 write error -1 byte Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.94.961101094315.4467F-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <199611010439.UAA22617@netcom23.netcom.com>
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On Thu, 31 Oct 1996, Harold Hoang wrote: > I've downloaded the distribution TWICE.. (phew..) and i tried installing it > on my FIPS partition after recieving the error message I decided to get > another H.D and try it again.. but it still didnt work.. I already checked > that the dist. were in BINARY mode when I x-fered them.. I also had them > placed on Floppies just in case they work.. so far I still have no luck.. What's the problem? > I have als tried to change Drive geometries.. between actual settings > and LBA (trsnalation BIOS) for H.D settings in BSD and BIOS.. FreeBSD completely ignores the translation settings. It's only needed for DOS and the BIOS. > What I have NOTICED though is that Linux installs prefectly fine.. Linux is much more tolerant of futzy hardware. > as a last resort I tried check (with the ALT-F2) to check out the > message.. it says mount /DOS .. blah blah.. and it looks for the > distributions.. it seems to skip over the bin.aa bin.ab .. then stops > and reports and error with bin.ac, so i try it again and this time it > tells me that I have a write -1 byte error.. What error? I need specifics. > when Im half when done with the Bin distributions..(so theres nothing > wrong with bin.ac) .. but theres also another error message.. shows > something like multiple sector... error???? not sure what it means nor > what its trying to tell me.. any help?...thanks I need the specific error messages from ALT-F2. I also need your basic machine info (cpu, disks, controllers, memory, etc...) 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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