From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Aug 27 12:28:50 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7769916A4BF for ; Wed, 27 Aug 2003 12:28:50 -0700 (PDT) Received: from moria.linuxis.net (moria.linuxis.net [64.71.162.80]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id CBC1243FDF for ; Wed, 27 Aug 2003 12:28:49 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jseidel@edpci.com) Received: (qmail 27003 invoked from network); 27 Aug 2003 19:24:40 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO edpci.com) (127.0.0.1) by localhost with SMTP; 27 Aug 2003 19:24:40 -0000 Received: from adsl-63-192-200-250.dsl.snfc21.pacbell.net ([63.192.200.250]) (SquirrelMail authenticated user jseidel@edpci.com) by www.linuxis.net with HTTP; Wed, 27 Aug 2003 12:24:40 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <49978.63.192.200.250.1062012280.squirrel@www.linuxis.net> Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2003 12:24:40 -0700 (PDT) From: "Jon Seidel, CMC" To: X-Priority: 3 Importance: Normal X-Mailer: SquirrelMail (version 1.2.10) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Subject: X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: jseidel@edpci.com List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2003 19:28:50 -0000 I'm trying to install FreeBSD 5.0 on my Toshiba Portege 7010CT laptop (Pentium II, 300MHz, 160Meg RAM, 20G HDrive). 4.7 and 4.8 both installed fine, but I was unable to get X to install, and wanted some of the new features, so figured I'd try 5.0. No luck. No matter how I try it, I get the message "Unable to transfer the bin distribution from ". The other distributions (doc, etc.) transfer just fine. I've tried the following: - downloaded and burned CDs from ISO images (downloaded twice, burned twice to make sure not a media problem); also tried 5.1 with the same result. - connect via ftp server I've booted from floppy or from the previously-installed 4.7/4.8 FreeBSD. I'm beginning to wonder if there's some incompatibility that I don't know about. Any suggestions? I've just started trying to use FreeBSD. Thanks...jon -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Connecting Business and Technology Jon Seidel, CMC +1-510-530-6314 EDP Consulting, Inc. www.edpci.com CMC (Certified Management Consultant) is a certification mark awarded by the Institute of Management Consultants USA and represents evidence of the highest standards of consulting and adherence to the ethical canons of the profession. Less than 1% of all consultants have achieved this level of performance. See www.imcusa.org/hireacmc.acgi.