From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Oct 25 17:03:25 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7632B16A41F for ; Tue, 25 Oct 2005 17:03:25 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jayesh.freebsdlist@gmail.com) Received: from xproxy.gmail.com (xproxy.gmail.com [66.249.82.195]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E143B43D46 for ; Tue, 25 Oct 2005 17:03:24 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jayesh.freebsdlist@gmail.com) Received: by xproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id t4so1039671wxc for ; Tue, 25 Oct 2005 10:03:24 -0700 (PDT) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; b=kKs8rVo6VVqebiMM4naCadI96O0rxvl0tlersHHgqLirV3LMQz2sdPjqAoejTJI6SggZRYdks33Kl7/SOSjtxpyVI5iV1tKo8J7dcbp6xvaNA0gQndUUkgM0kBuwfPt6JT8gy5KhuyQPgaEVlHKXwEDdBYotPRFCKLeUD4IYvKc= Received: by 10.70.33.14 with SMTP id g14mr4244588wxg; Tue, 25 Oct 2005 10:03:24 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.70.34.4 with HTTP; Tue, 25 Oct 2005 10:03:24 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2005 22:33:24 +0530 From: Jayesh Jayan To: Chuck Swiger In-Reply-To: <435E64AC.5060409@mac.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <20051025135801.GA66887@slackbox.xs4all.nl> <435E64AC.5060409@mac.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Installation problem with Freebsd 5.4 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2005 17:03:25 -0000 Thank you .... I will try it out and let you know the output :) But it is not a proper thing to do ..... anyhow will give it a try .... On 10/25/05, Chuck Swiger wrote: > > Jayesh Jayan wrote: > > If i install FreeBSD on to a HDD with a good machine where i have > already > > installed freebsd before and then move the HDD to that machine. > > > > Will it work ?? > > Yes, probably, that's definitely a decent idea and worth a try. > > > This is what happens when I try to install freebsd on the machine > > > > I can go till the step of Choosing distribution > > > > After I choose the distribution it starts the installation > > > > it shows transffering ...... in a blue screen with a progress bar. > > > > it then transfers 32 of 33 chunks > > > > and then it comes up with the error mentioned before. > > Sometimes this is simply a problem with the CD being dirty or not being > read > correctly. > > This might also indicate your hardware is a little flaky. The AMD Athlons > are > fine processors, but the earlier AMD K6 and Cyrix CPUs are a bit less > reliable and some contained interesting hardware flaws (like with the L2 > cache). > > -- > -Chuck > >