From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Sep 26 23:01:11 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D1822106568C for ; Fri, 26 Sep 2008 23:01:11 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jerrymc@gizmo.acns.msu.edu) Received: from gizmo.acns.msu.edu (gizmo.acns.msu.edu [35.8.1.43]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 98BC18FC1E for ; Fri, 26 Sep 2008 23:01:11 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jerrymc@gizmo.acns.msu.edu) Received: from gizmo.acns.msu.edu (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by gizmo.acns.msu.edu (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id m8QMxnfE021395; Fri, 26 Sep 2008 18:59:49 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from jerrymc@gizmo.acns.msu.edu) Received: (from jerrymc@localhost) by gizmo.acns.msu.edu (8.13.6/8.13.6/Submit) id m8QMxnuD021394; Fri, 26 Sep 2008 18:59:49 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from jerrymc) Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2008 18:59:49 -0400 From: Jerry McAllister To: Steve Franks Message-ID: <20080926225949.GB21262@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> References: <539c60b90809261358u259c743bg435d3fb591e25b38@mail.gmail.com> <539c60b90809261358u3733c531w27acf1f1878b784e@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <539c60b90809261358u3733c531w27acf1f1878b784e@mail.gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.2i Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List Subject: Re: FreeBSD 7.0 installation problems.Please help! X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2008 23:01:11 -0000 On Fri, Sep 26, 2008 at 01:58:41PM -0700, Steve Franks wrote: > > "Write failure on transfer! > > (wrote -1 bytes of 1425408 bytes)" > > "Unable to transfer the GENERIC distribution from acd0" > > I'm a bit of a n00b too. There's a whole host of things that have > given me that issue - bad cd drive, scratched disk, etc. > > More importantly, I've seen sysinstall never actually format the disk, > so then it can't write to it. The way I fixed it is by hitting "w" > (write) before "q" (quit) in both the fdisk and partition pages of > sysinstall. I've seen this behavior on both 6.2 and 7.0, and I've > never paid enough attention to repeat it or figure out what I did > wrong - I just use the write command manually and things seem happier. > Make sure you see a box pop up on the partition/label page when you > hit write that mentions something about "doing newfs ....", otherwise > just start over. I think that's the magic step. I don't remember the necessary letter just at this moment, but you must hit the letter to tell it to actually write the stuff or it won't do it. That is normal behavior. ////jerry > > Hope this helps, > Steve > _______________________________________________ > 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"