From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Oct 6 10:44:09 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id KAA14025 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 6 Oct 1997 10:44:09 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions) Received: from pooh.cdrom.com (pooh.cdrom.com [204.216.28.222]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id KAA14018 for ; Mon, 6 Oct 1997 10:44:05 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from support@cdrom.com) Received: from localhost (support@localhost) by pooh.cdrom.com (8.8.7/8.7.3) with SMTP id KAA07475 for ; Mon, 6 Oct 1997 10:43:23 -0700 (PDT) Delivery-Date: Sun, 05 Oct 1997 19:53:32 -0700 X-Received: from mtigwc04.worldnet.att.net (mtigwc04.worldnet.att.net [204.127.131.33]) by pooh.cdrom.com (8.8.7/8.7.3) with ESMTP id TAA01171 for ; Sun, 5 Oct 1997 19:53:31 -0700 (PDT) X-Received: from STAR ([12.65.192.78]) by mtigwc04.worldnet.att.net (post.office MTA v2.0 0613 ) with SMTP id AAA10835 for ; Mon, 6 Oct 1997 02:52:57 +0000 Message-ID: <34386FC4.57BC@worldnet.att.net> Date: Sun, 05 Oct 1997 21:57:40 -0700 From: jwalker X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0 (Win95; U; 16bit) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: support@cdrom.com Subject: FreeBSD 2.2.2 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit ReSent-Date: Mon, 6 Oct 1997 10:43:18 -0700 (PDT) ReSent-From: Murray Stokely ReSent-To: questions@freebsd.org ReSent-Message-ID: Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Gentlemen: I am requesting support on installing the FreeBSD distribution from the CD media. I have spent untold hours over the last few weeks and nearing the end of my patience. I purchased my first copy from MicroCenter in Houston and have since requested and received an additional copy of the CD from Walnut Creek. This is a list of the problems I am having when I attempt to install the product: During the course of the install while copying the files from the CD onto the hard drive, I get screens full of the error: /stand/cpio: invalid header warning skipped XXXX bytes of junk no such file or directory Other times I get the message: mcd0 timeout read data retrying The errors finally terminate with: gunzip: stdin - invalid compressed data -- format violated /stand/cpio: premature end of file The last error even occurs on files that have previously been copied down to the hard drive. As I stated previously, I am nearly the end of my patience and time. In a fit of rage, I broke original CD I purchased after I got that copy mixed up with the replacement copy. (At the time I believed the problem was related to bad media.) I now believe the problem is independent of the different CDs. I am installing the FreeBSD onto a Western Digital Caviar 2540 hard drive (515 MB) with a 20 MB DOS partition at the begining of the drive. I have attempted to use the entire disk to no avail. I am installing from a Mitsumi 2X CD player on IRQ 9, Address 340. I have a 486-66 Intel CPU, NEC 1.44 floppy, and 24 MB RAM. I am using a standard VGA monitor with a Trident VGA card. No network, no audio, just a plain jane independent install. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated. I am not tied to installing this FreeBSD, I just need a Unix machine. Are the various incarnations of Linux any easier to install? Maybe I should be trying the Red Hat or Slackware Linux systems instead of this stuff. Thanks in advance for your assistance, Jay Walker j.c.walker@worldnet.att.net