From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Feb 15 14:48:19 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id OAA29841 for questions-outgoing; Thu, 15 Feb 1996 14:48:19 -0800 (PST) Received: from datasrv.co.il (root@zeus.datasrv.co.il [192.114.20.2]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id OAA29833 for ; Thu, 15 Feb 1996 14:48:06 -0800 (PST) Received: from wexler.datasrv.co.il by datasrv.co.il with SMTP id AA29720 (5.65c/IDA-1.4.4 for ); Fri, 16 Feb 1996 00:48:23 +0200 Message-Id: <199602152248.AA29720@datasrv.co.il> Comments: Authenticated sender is From: "Enoch Wexler" Organization: Wexler CSD Ltd. To: questions@FreeBSD.org Date: Fri, 16 Feb 1996 00:47:54 +2 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT Subject: Installation Problem (Urgent) Reply-To: wexler@datasrv.co.il Priority: normal X-Mailer: Pegasus Mail for Windows (v2.23) Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Hi, Regarding my question... --------------------------------- From: Self To: questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Installation Problem (Urgent) Reply-to: wexler@datasrv.co.il Date: Wed, 14 Feb 1996 22:43:15 +2 Hi, I am trying to install FreeBSD 2.1 on my 1.6GB HD (3148 cyls / 16 heads / 63 sectors). This is a minimal installation procedure (will install everything when Walnut's CD-ROM finally arrives :-) The FDISK picture is: ____: Offset, Size, End, Name, ..., Flags BOOT: 0, 63, 62, -, ..., _DOS: 63, 1588545, 1558607, wd0s1, ..., _BSD: 1588608, 1584576, 3173183, wd0s2, ..., CB Again and again the installation fails while retrieving the binaries from wd0s1 (DOS) after being about 64% through. The message is: "Write failure on transfer! (wrote -1 bytes of 10240 bytes)" Please note that wd0s2 was scanned for bad blocks. Besides, it's a new computer that otherwise runs DOS/Windows smoothly (a Micron P133 Millennea). Any clues? -------------------------------------- Is it simply because 2.1 only supports standard IDE and not the new (and popular) Enhanced IDE. Would moving FreeBSD to lower numbered blocks help? Best Regards, Enoch Wexler. -- Wexler Computer Systems Development Ltd. Home page http://www.datasrv.co.il/wexler Tel: +972 3 965-5858, Fax: +972 3 965-5810