From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Dec 8 15:18:38 1996 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) id PAA29313 for questions-outgoing; Sun, 8 Dec 1996 15:18:38 -0800 (PST) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (gdi.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.30]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) with ESMTP id PAA29308 for ; Sun, 8 Dec 1996 15:18:36 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.3/8.6.12) with SMTP id PAA04025; Sun, 8 Dec 1996 15:18:32 -0800 (PST) Date: Sun, 8 Dec 1996 15:18:32 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White Reply-To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu To: Tobias Dubois cc: questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD 2.1.6 install problem. In-Reply-To: <2.2.32.19961208113358.0068810c@m1.143.telia.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Sun, 8 Dec 1996, Tobias Dubois wrote: > When I try to install FreeBSD 2.1.6-Release on my computer I get this error > message: Write failure on transfer (wrote -1 bytes of 1024 bytes). Then the > installation program starts to copy files and after some time the error > message appears again. Then it says synchronizing HD or something like that > and then the computer reboots. > I'm installing FreeBSD on my empty D-drive. The installation files are on > the C-drive. I'm running Windows 95. What shall I do? This doesn't tell me enough to know what went wrong. 1. what install method did you use? 2. Exactly where did the error occur? 3. What is the output from the ALT-F2 debug screen? Anythingthat may be appropriate. 4. Other system information? (cpu, disk sizes & layout, etc.) Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major