Date: Tue, 8 Nov 2005 19:05:57 -0600 From: Vulpes Velox <v.velox@vvelox.net> To: Jayesh Jayan <jayesh.freebsdlist@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Installation problem with Freebsd 5.4 Message-ID: <20051108190557.1fc3a03a@vixen42.vulpes> In-Reply-To: <e8ecf3c00510250947p43180627rd34eb8c1d0e6bbe5@mail.gmail.com> References: <e8ecf3c00510250620k648374e1lca149d61d03cc536@mail.gmail.com> <e8ecf3c00510250639xac0f4d3m26b7ec8812e6602d@mail.gmail.com> <20051025135801.GA66887@slackbox.xs4all.nl> <e8ecf3c00510250947p43180627rd34eb8c1d0e6bbe5@mail.gmail.com>
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On Tue, 25 Oct 2005 22:17:02 +0530 Jayesh Jayan <jayesh.freebsdlist@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > If i install FreeBSD on to a HDD with a good machine where i have > already installed freebsd before and then move the HDD to that > machine. > > Will it work ?? Provided that it has everything it needs in the kernel or set to load at boot time, it will work. You will also need to edit /etc/fstab if you are moving the location of the disk as well. > This is what happens when I try to install freebsd on the machine > > I can go till the step of Choosing distribution > > After I choose the distribution it starts the installation > > it shows transffering ...... in a blue screen with a progress bar. > > it then transfers 32 of 33 chunks > > and then it comes up with the error mentioned before. Well if it errors out during that, I would be sure to try a different cable and test the drive in another box using smartmontools. I would also make sure I could successfully run a livecd to make sure it is not the cd drve.
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