Date: Sun, 30 Mar 1997 13:07:03 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: Bill Fay <b4000@liquidsky.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Error Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.94.970330130637.242b-100000@localhost> In-Reply-To: <333C01D8.70E5@liquidsky.com>
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On Fri, 28 Mar 1997, Bill Fay wrote: > I'm installing freebsd for the first time and when I get to the point of > installing the files, I get an error of "write on transfer (wrote -1 > bytes of 1024 bytes)". I'm useing a maxtor 1240s drive and adaptec 1542 > card. I fdisk the drive by using the whole drive and the (all) defaults > selection. Is it a hardware problem or am I not setting up the drive > right in the fdisk? I have rule out a hardware problem. I'm running > out of solutions. Please help. At this point, press ALT-F2 and report any error messages you see. This error is caused by a hundred different problems, unfortunately. 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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