Date: Wed, 22 Jan 1997 16:30:38 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: Jazcek Guy Braden <bradenja@pilot.msu.edu> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Installation problems Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.94.970122162843.7369O-100000@localhost> In-Reply-To: <199701220029.TAA152121@pilot14.cl.msu.edu>
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On Tue, 21 Jan 1997, Jazcek Guy Braden wrote: > I have an ethernet connection however my computer needs to use DHCP to > configure itself. Is it possibel to use DHCP with the ftp install?. Not currently. You might try 'borrowing' the IP address your machine is assigned normally for a short time. Or ask your network adminstrator for a temporary IP, or buy the CDROM :) > If not I have a problem with installation. I have downloaded boot > image and wrote it to a disk. It boots fine. I then copied all bin, doc > and manpages to my harddrive. During installation I select install from > dos partition. I begins installing however when it gets to about part > 65 of 69 it stops and give the error "Error -1 of 1024 bytes writing, > cannot tranfer." It then moves onto docs and reads them just fine but > when it done it give a similar error message. Try hitting ALT-F2 and see what went wrong. It's probably related to your above question. Make sure the files are in C:\FREEBSD (it MUST be a primary partition!!) and the .INF files are there with the distribution archives. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major
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