Date: Thu, 18 Mar 1999 12:55:12 -0800 (PST) From: mtalbert@mail.net To: freebsd-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Subject: bin/10657: Unable to install from CDROM or DOS partition Message-ID: <19990318205512.42FD614DC2@hub.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 10657 >Category: bin >Synopsis: Unable to install from CDROM or DOS partition >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: medium >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Thu Mar 18 13:00:01 PST 1999 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Michelle Talbert >Release: FreeBSD 3.1 (Walnut Creek CDROM) >Organization: >Environment: >Description: I'm having trouble installing the 3.1 on my Pentium 100 machine, using a generic CD-ROM drive: (1) When I try to do the install from the CDROM by typing install from the DOS prompt I get the following error: <snip> G:\>freebsdboot.exe -D kernel Bad command or file name </snip> (2)when I boot from the floppies, go the through the Novice setup, choose CDROM as the medium...when it actually goes to read from the CDROM drive I get the error: <snip> write failure on transfer!(wrote -1 bytes fo 1024 bytes) </snip> it'll give this error when starting to install a dist. (ie BIN), while in the middle of installing another bin (ie DOC) (3) If I choose the DOS Partition as the installation medium( all dist. have been xcopy(ied) to the correct DOS directory) I get the error: <snip> Couldn't extract the following distributions. This may be because they were not available on the instillation medium you've chosen. </snip> I haven't had this problem before when installing FreeBSD 2.2.6 to 2.2.8 >How-To-Repeat: Not sure if this only isolated to my system or the CDROM that I have, so it may be hard to reproduce. >Fix: >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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