Date: Mon, 11 Nov 1996 17:46:47 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: David Goddard <d.m.goddard@ic.ac.uk> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Checksum problems installing 2.1.5R Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.94.961111174256.24113H-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <9611101603.AA27662@mism.ad.ic.ac.uk>
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On Sun, 10 Nov 1996, David Goddard wrote: > At 11:29 AM 11/8/96 -0800, Doug White wrote: > ... > >Have you tried deleting and recreating the FreeBSD partition you're > >installing into? Sometimes old failed installs clash and cause all manner > >of wacky problems. In fact you should never install over a failed > >install. > > OK, I may have had a problem here.. At what stage does the FreeBSD > partition manager commit changes to the disk? I've gone to the extent of > deleting the FreeBSD partitions after a failed install, rebooting, and > trying to install again. When I do this, after rebooting, the partition > editor shows the deleted partitions as unused, so I've been assuming they've > been properly deleted. Is this a correct assumption? Could there be > remnants of a failed install causing problems. My first install failed due > to network problems (FTP install couldn't cd to the distribution [*]) so > there ouwld have been a failed attempt on there already. The changes are saved when you hit the final 'commit' button to start the whole works. OK then. > >I would be more inclined toward a disk problem. > > Uh-oh :-( Here are a couple more things to try: 1. Point an FTP install at ftp://resnet.uoregon.edu/pub/FreeBSD/2.1.5-RELEASE. We have a known good set there. 2. Try installing one of the SNAPs. 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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