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Date:      Fri, 3 Sep 2004 02:48:32 GMT
From:      Dominique Brazziel <dbrazziel@snet.net>
To:        freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   i386/71323: FTP download from floppy boot crashes with msg "Invalid realloc of size 0!"
Message-ID:  <200409030248.i832mWra028277@www.freebsd.org>
Resent-Message-ID: <200409030250.i832oPBP033845@freefall.freebsd.org>

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>Number:         71323
>Category:       i386
>Synopsis:       FTP download from floppy boot crashes with msg "Invalid realloc of size 0!"
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       critical
>Priority:       high
>Responsible:    freebsd-i386
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Fri Sep 03 02:50:25 GMT 2004
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Dominique Brazziel
>Release:        5.2.1
>Organization:
N/A
>Environment:
N/A - command not available at this point   
>Description:
While trying to download/load FreeBSD via FTP, download halts while loading the base to / with message:

  Fatal Error:  Invalid realloc of size 0!  Reboot

I have tried it with both releases 5.2.1 (fails after 65%) and 5.1 (fails after 53%).            
>How-To-Repeat:
Select standard installation, then developer-kernel-X, then all fonts and other packages.       
>Fix:
      
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted:



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