From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Feb 21 7: 9: 4 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from po4.wam.umd.edu (po4.wam.umd.edu [128.8.10.166]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2B03137BD5A for ; Mon, 21 Feb 2000 07:09:00 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mcdavids@wam.umd.edu) Received: from rac4.wam.umd.edu (root@rac4.wam.umd.edu [128.8.10.144]) by po4.wam.umd.edu (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id KAA29528; Mon, 21 Feb 2000 10:08:58 -0500 (EST) Received: from rac4.wam.umd.edu (sendmail@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by rac4.wam.umd.edu (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id KAA14826; Mon, 21 Feb 2000 10:08:48 -0500 (EST) Received: from localhost (mcdavids@localhost) by rac4.wam.umd.edu (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id KAA14819; Mon, 21 Feb 2000 10:08:48 -0500 (EST) X-Authentication-Warning: rac4.wam.umd.edu: mcdavids owned process doing -bs Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2000 10:08:48 -0500 (EST) From: Michael Craig Davidson To: Ryan Thompson Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: bin.cc In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG I mean that when sysinstall is copying the file from my floppy. I can copy the file to the disk no problem, also I have a 325 MB hard disk on the laptop and I am using the whole thing for the install, that is why I am baffled. On Mon, 21 Feb 2000, Ryan Thompson wrote: > On Mon, 21 Feb 2000, Michael Craig Davidson wrote: > > > Hey guys, > > Great operating system but on my older laptop I am forced to perform a > > floppy install. I get all the way to loading bin.cc and my computer says > > that there is a write error (-1). I have tried reformatting the disk and > > downloading the file again but to no avail. Any suggestions? Is that > > file corrupt? Thanx. > > > > Do you mean to say that you get a write error when writing bin.cc to the > floppy, or you get a write error when sysinstall is installing bin.cc? > > If it is the former, try a different disk (or remove the write protection > and try try again :-) Disks have a tendency to wear out over time, and > you may have found a bad one. > > If you are referring to the latter (i.e., the files appeared to copy fine > to disks but you can't install from the boot floppy), check the integrity > of your hard disk on your laptop, and ensure that you have enough free > space to complete the install. > > -- > Ryan Thompson 50% Owner, Sysadmin > SaskNow Technologies http://www.sasknow.com > #106-380 3120 8th St E Saskatoon, SK S7H 0W2 > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message