From owner-freebsd-hackers Mon Mar 3 12:25:18 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id MAA25334 for hackers-outgoing; Mon, 3 Mar 1997 12:25:18 -0800 (PST) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (gdi.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.30]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id MAA25291; Mon, 3 Mar 1997 12:25:02 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.5/8.6.12) with SMTP id MAA20534; Mon, 3 Mar 1997 12:24:02 -0800 (PST) Date: Mon, 3 Mar 1997 12:24:02 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White X-Sender: dwhite@localhost Reply-To: Doug White To: Richard Linane cc: hackers@freebsd.org, questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 2.2 Gamma Install Problem In-Reply-To: <331B2045.5460@pop3.concentric.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-hackers@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Mon, 3 Mar 1997, Richard Linane wrote: > I am attempting to install from a DOS Ver 7 > 2.5 GIG IDE primary master to a 1.2 GIG Primary slave IDE) > I select my keyboard type, set the source type for the distribution. > After entering the proper drive geometry I am able to partition the > drive and label using the automatic selection. > I select Boot Easy Because I intend to run the two Operating sys's on > the same system). > At this point it tells you there is no turning back. > I proceed and about half way through the installation of "bin" there is > an error and I quote... > "Write failure on transfer wrote -1 of 1024 bytes". At this point, press ALT-F2 and tell us what you see. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major