Date: Tue, 23 Jul 1996 20:44:12 -0400 (EDT) From: hoek@freenet.hamilton.on.ca To: SCHCATS@siu.edu Cc: install@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Disk problems... Message-ID: <199607240044.UAA12137@james.freenet.hamilton.on.ca>
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In Email, Nathan Denny <SCHCATS@siu.edu> wrote: > Sigh...After MANY attempts, I'm still where I started at. > The error message is "Written -1 of 512 bytes". The debug screen > shows "unexpected eof invlaid gzip" or something. > > At first, I thought it was a corrupted file. I downloaded the files > from TWO different sites. I've attempted at both release 2.1.0, and 2.1.5 > I've used different floppies to install from. I've even tried installing it on > two different machines. A 486DLC w/ WD850MB IDE and a 386DX w/ 2 114MB IDE > disks. Are you trying to install from a DOS partition? Did you happen to Fips this DOS partition? If answer=='yes' to both of these questions, then install from floppies. If it was only 'yes' to the first one, try a floppy-install, anyways. -- -- tIM...HOEk Outnumbered? Maybe. Outspoken? NEVER!
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