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Date: Tue, 14 May 1996 18:25:29 -0400
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From: rebel@icanect.net (Cybite)
Subject: Re: Failed install of FreeBSD
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I have  recieved this message on my last three attempts at installing
FreeBSD from a dos partion.

gunzip: stdin: invalid compressed data -- format violated
/stand/cpio : premature end of file
DEBUG: Dummy [default] close called for wd0s1 with fd of 6
DEBUG: Switching back to VTY1

Can some body please help me?

Thanks in advance.

PS: It will not recoginze my IDE cdrom.
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