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From: John Beukema <john@winjef.somerset>
To: Evan Polster <evan@probita.com>
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Subject: Re: Problem installing FreeBSD V2.0.5
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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 
> 
>