Date: Wed, 15 May 1996 16:07:21 +0200 (SAT) From: Robert Nordier <rnordier@iafrica.com> To: rebel@icanect.net (Cybite) Cc: support@cdrom.com, questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Failed install of FreeBSD Message-ID: <199605151407.QAA00423@eac.iafrica.com> In-Reply-To: <199605142224.SAA17329@foo.icanect.net> from "Cybite" at May 14, 96 06:25:29 pm
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Cybite wrote: > > 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. If the files themselves are OK and in the correct directories (I assume you copied them from the CD while in DOS), you may have run into a problem FreeBSD has in accessing some (a few) DOS partitions. This can cause an installation to fail. If this is the case, one route would be to install from floppies. (This is a bit tedious, but workable.) Other users have had success after resizing the DOS partition. (DOS filesystems with certain parameters cause the FreeBSD msdosfs code to become confused; and using slightly different values often works.) Of course, if you haven't already done so, it might be worth running a DOS 'fc' (file compare) just to verify the integrity of the installation files. Details of your DOS partition, BIOS, IDE controller, and hard drive might also assist in clarifying the situation. -- Robert Nordier
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