From owner-freebsd-hackers Sun Jun 4 19:27:58 1995 Return-Path: hackers-owner Received: (from majordom@localhost) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) id TAA04394 for hackers-outgoing; Sun, 4 Jun 1995 19:27:58 -0700 Received: from localhost.cdrom.com (localhost.cdrom.com [127.0.0.1]) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) with SMTP id TAA04379 ; Sun, 4 Jun 1995 19:27:52 -0700 Message-Id: <199506050227.TAA04379@freefall.cdrom.com> X-Authentication-Warning: freefall.cdrom.com: Host localhost.cdrom.com didn't use HELO protocol To: John Patrick Poet cc: hackers@freefall.cdrom.com, freebsd-hackers-digest@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 2.0.5A (Jun 4 12:09) Won't install for me :( In-reply-to: Your message of "Sun, 04 Jun 95 21:22:23 MDT." Date: Sun, 04 Jun 1995 19:27:51 -0700 From: "Justin T. Gibbs" Sender: hackers-owner@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk >I figured that the 2.0.5A release was stable enough that I would give >it try. Unfortunatly, I can't get it to install. > >After I "commit", I get a input/output error while trying to write the >partition information to sd2. > >I can't state the error exactly because the machine reboots too >quickly. I thought the message said I could "hit any key" to abort >the reboot, but that just causes it to reboot imediatly :( > >System: > 100 MHz DX4 ASUS motherboard > Adaptec 2842A > MICROP Model: 1624-07MZ1077811 > MAXTOR Model: P1-17S > MICROP Model: 3243-19SC21020AV > PLEXTOR Model: CD-ROM PX-4XCH > WangDAT Model: Model 3200 > Can you send me the boot messages that ID your drives and the 2842? It would also be good to find out what that error message was and send that a long as well. -- Justin T. Gibbs ============================================== TCS Instructional Group - Programmer/Analyst 1 Cory | Po | Danube | Volga | Parker | Torus ==============================================