Date: Wed, 6 Nov 2002 08:46:05 -0500 From: "Curt Tyler" <crt@starfishnet.com> To: <la3sg@sensewave.com> Cc: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: 4.7 REL Install problem "Write failure on transfer!" Message-ID: <005901c2859a$daf8ee40$551115d0@crt> References: <3DC8D5D0.22932.F0BB7@localhost>
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> > I'm trying to install 4.7-Release from CDROM. > > BootMgr is installed and works to boot Win98. > > The FreeBSD partition seems to get formated ok. > > But when the "/bin" files are copied: "Write failure on transfer!" > When I boot from floppies and use the 4.7 CD for sysgen I get a similar > message. I can not boot from my CD either. > There have been several posts from others with similar difficulties with > 4.7 lately. I have been downloading and burning CDs since r4.1 with no > difficulties. The only way I can get 4.7 is to start with my 4.6.2 CD and > then cvsup up to 4.7 > In my case I suspect that my CD burner or the media I am using must > be the culprits. I have downloaded the 4.7 ISOs from three different > mirrors, burned 4 CDs using two different burning programs. No luck. I bought my CDs from daemonnews, since we have the same problem, your CD burner or media are not likely to be the culprits. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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