From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jun 19 06:46:00 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C543916A4CE for ; Sat, 19 Jun 2004 06:46:00 +0000 (GMT) Received: from pd4mo2so.prod.shaw.ca (shawidc-mo1.cg.shawcable.net [24.71.223.10]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A4F2243D2F for ; Sat, 19 Jun 2004 06:46:00 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from flowers@users.sourceforge.net) Received: from pd5mr1so.prod.shaw.ca (pd5mr1so-qfe3.prod.shaw.ca [10.0.141.232]) by l-daemon (iPlanet Messaging Server 5.2 HotFix 1.18 (built Jul 28 2003)) with ESMTP id <0HZJ00A1UM7G8J@l-daemon> for questions@freebsd.org; Sat, 19 Jun 2004 00:33:16 -0600 (MDT) Received: from pn2ml9so.prod.shaw.ca ([10.0.121.7]) by pd5mr1so.prod.shaw.ca (Sun ONE Messaging Server 6.0 HotFix 1.01 (built Mar 15 2004)) with ESMTP id <0HZJ004YCM7G0FZ0@pd5mr1so.prod.shaw.ca> for questions@freebsd.org; Sat, 19 Jun 2004 00:33:16 -0600 (MDT) Received: from sirius (S0106004001438e5b.cg.shawcable.net [68.144.47.89]) by l-daemon (iPlanet Messaging Server 5.2 HotFix 1.18 (built Jul 28 2003)) with SMTP id <0HZJ00376M7GFI@l-daemon> for questions@freebsd.org; Sat, 19 Jun 2004 00:33:16 -0600 (MDT) Date: Sat, 19 Jun 2004 00:33:14 -0600 From: Dan MacMillan In-reply-to: <20040619061714.94617.qmail@web53304.mail.yahoo.com> To: Joe Schmoe , questions@freebsd.org Message-id: MIME-version: 1.0 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1409 X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2911.0) Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit Importance: Normal X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-priority: Normal Subject: RE: FreeBSD 5.2.1 - Joke-only release ? April Fools ?? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 19 Jun 2004 06:46:00 -0000 From: Joe Schmoe > > I have attempted to install 5.2.1-RELEASE on four > (very) different computers today: > > Every single time, I boot off kern.flp, move on to > mfsroot.flp, and as sysinstall is booting, after most > of the dmesg has passed by, it suddenly starts > spitting out error messages at an extremely fast rate. > > ... Sounds to me like your install media is bad. Ensure the md5 checksums of the .flp files you downloaded match those in the CHECKSUM.MD5 file in the FTP folder you downloaded them from. If they match, try imaging the .flp files onto different floppies. -- Danny