From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Jan 28 11:27:45 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id LAA04447 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 28 Jan 1997 11:27:45 -0800 (PST) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (gdi.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.30]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id LAA04433 for ; Tue, 28 Jan 1997 11:27:42 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.4/8.6.12) with SMTP id LAA14567; Tue, 28 Jan 1997 11:27:38 -0800 (PST) Date: Tue, 28 Jan 1997 11:27:38 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White X-Sender: dwhite@localhost Reply-To: Doug White To: Matt Evans cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Getting error on installation procedure In-Reply-To: <32ED76E2.7672@javapc.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Mon, 27 Jan 1997, Matt Evans wrote: > I'm installing FreeBSD from a DOS Partition, which resides on a Seagate > 2GB Baracudda drive. The DOS partition is 313MB, the rest is reserved > for FreeBSD. > > The problem is, after setting up the FreeBSD slice and individual > filesystems; /, /var, /usr, and swap. I get a "Write failure on > transfer! (wrote -1 bytes of 1024 bytes)" message. After reading a > previous posting where someone used to Alt-F2 to get debug info, I was > able to get a little more info: Did you download these in binary mode? And did you get all the files? That's where it looks like it's sticking. > I have since read that there is a problem with installing FreeBSD from > DOS partitions. ARRRGH!!!! Has this been fixed yet???!!! I would > gather this present a major problem for people installing FreeBSD, if > they aren't loading from CD-ROM. Please help. Not that I know of. I have had trouble installing from certain DOS partitions in the past; I remedied this by doing a FTP install. (I had to fetch the PAO boot floppy so the PCCARD slots would work tho) Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major