Date: Tue, 20 Aug 2002 07:54:26 +0100 From: Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> To: Joe Wamsley <netrattler@erols.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Install problem on FreeBSD v4.6 Message-ID: <20020820065426.GA12339@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophi> In-Reply-To: <000001c247e1$89a1a100$2700a8c0@cerberus> References: <000001c247e1$89a1a100$2700a8c0@cerberus>
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On Mon, Aug 19, 2002 at 08:35:46PM -0400, Joe Wamsley wrote: > I have a quick question on FreeBSD 4.6. I have used previous > versions of there operating system on my computer versions 4.2 and > 4.4. But for some reason the installation on version 4.6 keeps > crashing on me. Has anyone else run into this problem. I had > purchased there power pak version boxed set and thought maybe > something was wrong with the installation cd at first so I tried it > on another computer and the install went fine. The point it crashes > at is when it gets ready to copy the main OS files to hard drive, it > keeps giving me a can't write to device error. 4.6 contained some new ATA device drive code, which was unfortunately buggy. You're seeing classic symptoms of the problem --- if you type 'Alt-F2' at the point where it goes wrong, you should see 'READ_BIG' error messages. There's a work around given in http://www.freebsd.org/releases/4.6R/errata.html, which should let you get the system installed. However, considering the flood of security advisories that came out just after 4.6-RELEASE, and the ATA problems, you would be well advised to upgrade to 4-STABLE or 4.6.2-RELEASE. Cheers, Matthew -- Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 26 The Paddocks Savill Way Tel: +44 1628 476614 Marlow Fax: +44 0870 0522645 Bucks., SL7 1TH UK To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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