Date: Wed, 19 Jul 1995 13:18:16 +0800 (HKT) From: John Beukema <john@winjef.somerset> To: Evan Polster <evan@probita.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Problem installing FreeBSD V2.0.5 Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.950719131702.2484B-100000@winjef.somerset> In-Reply-To: <9507181753.AA09197@loon.probita.com>
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On Tue, 18 Jul 1995, Evan Polster wrote: > > Hello, > > I am currently trying to install FreeBSD 2.0.5. > > > Problem: > > I am running into a problem during the initial copy process > (just after I pressed "commit" to install). > > I get a "write failure on transfer". > > What I did: > > I cleaned out an entire SCSI hard disk of 812 Megs by going into > DOS fdisk and removing all logical drives/partitions. > > I followed the instructions to run pfdisk from the /tools > directory to find out what DOS expects to see for size/cylinders/- > sectors. > > I ran the install process and set the Geometry to pfdisk's > values 812/64/32. > > I labeled: > > mount size > > /usr 100M your root is bigger than needed and /usr if too small > / 300M > swap 80M > > I commit and watch a bunch of stuff get copied to root. > > It makes it all the way to /usr/sgames and then gets the > "write failure on transfer". /usr is full > > Bummer. > > Any ideas what I might be doing wrong? > > > Thanks in advance. > > > Evan Polster > Probita Inc. > evan@probita.com > > I > >
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