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Date:      Mon, 13 May 1996 17:47:23 +0200 (MET DST)
From:      grog@lemis.de (Greg Lehey)
To:        Amooooo@aol.com
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: FBSD
Message-ID:  <199605131547.RAA12975@allegro.lemis.de>
In-Reply-To: <960509132012_290563366@emout07.mail.aol.com> from "Amooooo@aol.com" at May 9, 96 01:20:13 pm

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Amooooo@aol.com writes:
>
> Im getting the following error msg as freebsd is getting installed.
>
>  "Failed to load the root  distribution. Please correct this problem and try
>  again."
>
> The debug screen msg:
> gunzip: stdini: invalid compressed
> data--- crc error. /stand/ cpio: premature end of file

This message means that you have a corrupt file.  Check where you got
your distribution from.  If it was over the Net, try again.  If you
bought it somewhere, take it back and complain.

> Debug: Dummy [default] close called for cd0a with Fd of 6.
>
> I have a 340 mg ide hard drive with P-75mhz intel system and scsi 2x cd rom.
> Im using the cd rom as my installation media.

Oh.  Where did you get the CD-ROM from?

Greg



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