From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jun 6 23:32:43 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org 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 9D14516B92A for ; Tue, 6 Jun 2006 22:55:38 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cswiger@mac.com) Received: from smtpout.mac.com (smtpout.mac.com [17.250.248.175]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 53C7543D48 for ; Tue, 6 Jun 2006 22:55:38 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from cswiger@mac.com) Received: from mac.com (smtpin03-en2 [10.13.10.148]) by smtpout.mac.com (Xserve/8.12.11/smtpout05/MantshX 4.0) with ESMTP id k56MtchV029304; Tue, 6 Jun 2006 15:55:38 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [192.168.1.251] (pool-68-160-201-170.ny325.east.verizon.net [68.160.201.170]) (authenticated bits=0) by mac.com (Xserve/smtpin03/MantshX 4.0) with ESMTP id k56MtZHK023117 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Tue, 6 Jun 2006 15:55:37 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <448607E0.3030203@mac.com> Date: Tue, 06 Jun 2006 18:55:28 -0400 From: Chuck Swiger User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.4 (Windows/20060516) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: justin schlingmann References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: write failurer on transfer 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: Tue, 06 Jun 2006 23:32:50 -0000 justin schlingmann wrote: > Hello, > > I`m trying to install freebsd 6.1 on my system. > I`ve tried to install through passive ftp and when this failed i tried to > fetch and burn an iso imkage. > > In both ways i get a write failure on transfer when i try to install the > distributions. > What is wrong and how can i let freebsd install the distributions > properly?????? That can indicate a problem with your IDE drives, such as not jumpering a master or slave device properly, or a failing or otherwise bad IDE cable. Some things that might help would be to recheck your cabling, replace the IDE cable with a new one, check for and install the latest BIOS update for your computer, tweak BIOS settings like UltraDMA & LBA modes. You might also try booting and installing in Safe mode via the boot menu, which will disable DMA for the IDE devices entirely and might work around the problem long enough for the install to finish. Good luck, -- -Chuck