Date: Sat, 4 Sep 1999 07:41:51 -0400 (EDT) From: "brian j. peterson" <brianpet@ding.mindspring.com> To: Nicolai E M Plum <nicolai-freebsd@esperi.org> Cc: freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Installation Problem Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.3.96.990904072739.22906D-100000@ding.mindspring.com> In-Reply-To: <14286.59384.798578.95115@alfheim.satanic.net>
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this just got fixed on ftp.freebsd.org a few minutes ago. dunno how long it will take to get to the mirrors, but at least it won't be long. =) -brian On Thu, 2 Sep 1999, Nicolai E M Plum wrote: # brian j. peterson writes: # > unfortunately, i don't have any help to offer here. i just wanted to say # > that i ran into the same problem. # > # > i have an AS200 4/233 with 80 MB RAM and a 2.1 GB SCSI hard drive (/usr is # > ~1.5 GB). during the FTP install of FreeBSD/alpha 3.2-RELEASE, i get the # > following error: "Write failure on transfer! (wrote -1 bytes of 1024 # > bytes)". this occurs during the transfer of slib and appears to occur in # > (or around) chunk 18. i was originally running SRM 6.2-2 when i ran into # > this problem, but i have since upgraded to SRM 7.0-9 and am still seeing # > the same problem. # > # > does anyone know if this is a problem with the distrobution? or if this # > is a problem isolated to AS200 4/233s? or what? # # I have had this also. I discovered the following: # # In a standard-layout FTP tree, eg my local copy (mirror.uk.uu.net, feel # free to use it if it's near you) the directory # /pub/FreeBSD/releases/alpha/3.2-RELEASE/src contains # # -r--r--r-- 1 mirror nobody 240640 May 16 20:29 slib.ao # -r--r--r-- 1 mirror nobody 240640 May 16 20:29 slib.ap # -r--r--r-- 1 mirror nobody 32768 May 16 21:52 slib.aq # -r--r--r-- 1 mirror nobody 240640 May 16 20:29 slib.ar # -r--r--r-- 1 mirror nobody 240640 May 16 20:29 slib.as # # so slib.aq appears to be short. It's short on ftp.freebsd.org as well. # # I just avoided the problem by installing a snapshot of 4.0. 4.0 seems to work # a whole lot better for me anyway; 3.2-RELEASE seems to hang up after a while # with errors from the SCSI driver to do with not being able to read a page of # swap (which I seem to have lost the copy I saved of :-( ). # # Nicolai # -- # I speak only for myself. # # # # To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org # with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message # -- brian j. peterson (aka rbw) brianpet@ding.mindspring.com rbw@myplace.org *** the opinions expressed here are my own and not those of my employer. *** To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message
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