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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.



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