Date: 10 Feb 2006 14:47:17 -0500 From: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org> To: Matias Surdi <matiassurdi@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Problem installing 6.0 - Help Message-ID: <448xsjyp16.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> In-Reply-To: <720ff42b0602101101l7b3696c2l@mail.gmail.com> References: <dsfunb$s3u$1@sea.gmane.org> <44u0b7yrd4.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> <720ff42b0602101101l7b3696c2l@mail.gmail.com>
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Don't top-post, please. Matias Surdi <matiassurdi@gmail.com> writes: > 10 Feb 2006 13:56:55 -0500, Lowell Gilbert > <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org>: > > Matias Surdi <matiassurdi@gmail.com> writes: > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > I'm trying to install FreeBSD 6 on a new pc. > > > > > > After creating the partitions and choosing the packages to install, > > > when te transfer of the base system from the DVD-drive (with a > > > standard CD inside) to the hard disk starts, an error message appears > > > saying: "Write failure on transger! (wrote 0 bytes of...)" and I can > > > se on the second console something like: > > > > > > acd0: FAILURE - READ_BIG HARDWARE ERROR asc=0x08 ascq=0x03 error=0" > > > > Are you sure the CD is good? > > > yes, it's good I've burned it again and the problem still exists.. > > :-( > > And one of these disks worked on a different system? Interesting that the installer reported a write failure (which must have been the hard disk), but the console reported a read failure on the CD. Try a minimal install, and maybe you will avoid whatever is causing the specific issue. [And if not, you may well have a clearer set of symptoms.]
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