From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Apr 13 9: 1: 5 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from smtp.nwlink.com (smtp.nwlink.com [209.20.130.57]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8175E14F9A for ; Tue, 13 Apr 1999 09:00:57 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kkeysler@nwlink.com) Received: from nwlink.com (ip50.usr7.usw.du.nwlink.com [209.20.138.50]) by smtp.nwlink.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id IAA00447 for ; Tue, 13 Apr 1999 08:58:36 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <37136C48.BFDCAA6E@nwlink.com> Date: Tue, 13 Apr 1999 09:09:44 -0700 From: ken keeler X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.5 [en] (X11; I; FreeBSD 2.2.7-RELEASE i386) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG" Subject: cannot install 3.1 from CDROM Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG I have been unable to install from the 3.1 CD's. I've tried installing over a network cdrom and a local cdrom with the same results. The process hangs with the progress indicator at 0% and with the message "extracting bin into / directory..." At the bottom of the screen the message is, "1024 bytes read from bin dist, chunk 1 0f 102 @ 1.0 KB/sec." The cd will start then quit. I have attempted this on two separate ATAPI CDROMS that are known to work under 2.2.7 and 3.0. There is nothing in errata.txt about this condition. Has anyone else had this trouble, and what do I do to correct it? This seems to be a problem with the floppies. Both floppies were formatted using fdformat prior to copying the images (kern.flp and mfsroot.flp) on them. I've read in the archive that the new system is "picky" about floppy media. In an attempt to locate the source of the trouble, two sets of floppies were made. Neither set produced any different results. Just to see what would happen, I used a 3.0 boot.flp to install, and the install went, but, of course, the box would not boot. -- E=mc^2 student: 1 each | Ken Keeler | "Listen, you supply the tools, I'll supply the brain." To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message