Date: Sun, 04 Sep 2005 22:17:24 -0500 From: tranzloosent <tranzloosent@sbcglobal.net> To: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org Subject: Write failure on transfer! Message-ID: <431BB8C4.5060406@sbcglobal.net>
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Need help. I am receiving the following error message when trying to do a fresh install of FreeBSD 5.4 on an ECS K7S5A motherboard with AMD Athlon XP 2000, 512MB, 8GB hdd. Message: Write failure on transfer! (wrote -1 of 1425408 bytes) This message appears during the transfer of the base distribution. I get it if I try to install from CDROM and FTP. I have done the following: tried install from CDROM tried install from several FTP sites tried installing on different harddrives disabled PNP aware OS in bios tried using default partitioning scheme tried using custom partitioning scheme When I press the following key combos, I can see the following information: ALT-F4 # ALT-F2 /stand/cpio: invalid header: checksum error /stand/cpio: warning: skipped 21504 bytes of junk /stand/cpio: No such file or directory /stand/cpio: invalid header: checksum error /stand/cpio: warning: skipped 18432 bytes of junk /stand/cpio: No such file or directory /stand/cpio: invalid header: checksum error /stand/cpio: warning: skipped 190976 bytes of junk /stand/cpio: No such file or directory /stand/cpio: invalid header: checksum error /stand/cpio: warning: skipped 25600 bytes of junk /stand/cpio: No such file or directory /stand/cpio: invalid header: checksum error /stand/cpio: warning: skipped 26624 bytes of junk /stand/cpio: No such file or directory /stand/cpio: invalid header: checksum error /stand/gunzip: <fd:0>: invalid distances set /stand/cpio: warning: skipped 47104 bytes of junk /stand/cpio: No such file or directory /stand/cpio: invalid header: checksum error /stand/cpio: warning: skipped 36352 bytes of junk /stand/cpio: No such file or directory /stand/cpio: invalid header: checksum error /stand/cpio: premature end of file Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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