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Date:      Thu, 4 Apr 1996 15:20:18 -0800 (PST)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu>
To:        mark naghsh <naghsh37@matrix.newpaltz.edu>
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Installation
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.91.960404151740.2134C-100000@riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <199604032012.PAA27236@matrix.newpaltz.edu>

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On Wed, 3 Apr 1996, mark naghsh wrote:

> > > Why do I get an corrupted file message when I'm trying to install the
> > binaries. It occurs at bin\bin.bx every time. I tried to get another file
> > but the same thing happens
> > 
> I guess I'm clueless....I have a 486/ 33mhz with 8M of ram W/one scsi and no
> ethernet. 

Looks OK...

> I am using Binary mode, but it does not matter I get the same 
> error regardless of what I do. I haved removed all conflicts in the boot 
> Kernel as well.  I'm running a split partition, between dos and bsd, Maybe
> Bill Gates is inside my computer and not relenquishing control of my drive. I
> did notice how dos and windows do not run as well when they do not have
> complete control of the hard drive. 
>   What else um.../36M,  /usr36M  /var20M /swap 2*mem(16M) I do have limited
> hard drive space. Maybe that is it? Any help would be appreciated.

Although I'm not immediately familiar with what the exact disk size 
requirements are, but my guess is you're running out of space on /usr.  
Do you have the exact error message from the ALT-F2 screen?

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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