From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Feb 14 01:16:52 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6774B16A406 for ; Wed, 14 Feb 2007 01:16:52 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from suncountrytech@msn.com) Received: from bay0-omc3-s32.bay0.hotmail.com (bay0-omc3-s32.bay0.hotmail.com [65.54.246.232]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5841313C4A3 for ; Wed, 14 Feb 2007 01:16:52 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from suncountrytech@msn.com) Received: from hotmail.com ([207.46.8.113]) by bay0-omc3-s32.bay0.hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.2668); Tue, 13 Feb 2007 17:04:52 -0800 Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Tue, 13 Feb 2007 17:04:52 -0800 Message-ID: Received: from 207.46.8.123 by by117fd.bay117.hotmail.msn.com with HTTP; Wed, 14 Feb 2007 01:04:48 GMT X-Originating-IP: [65.87.255.247] X-Originating-Email: [suncountrytech@msn.com] X-Sender: suncountrytech@msn.com From: "Lloyd Martin" To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2007 01:04:48 +0000 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed X-OriginalArrivalTime: 14 Feb 2007 01:04:52.0641 (UTC) FILETIME=[220EE110:01C74FD4] Subject: Release 6.1 vs 6.2 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: Wed, 14 Feb 2007 01:16:52 -0000 I have never posted a question before so hopefully this ends up in the right place. I downloaded and installed version 6.1. Everything went relatively smoothly. My system dual boots with WindowsXP. Today I downloaded and tried to install version 6.2 as a complete new standard install not an upgrade since I did not have any data that I needed to save anyway. I got error messages during the installation of the files "unable to extract ... ". This was after I had used the partition and label functions and the install was actually copying and writing files to disk. So I thought Disc 1 was corrupted. Recopied the disk - same issue. Re-downloaded iso of Disc 1 - same issue. It won't copy all the files but it will copy some of them. Now I don't know what state the system is in. It would boot to FreeBSD so I used rm to remove all the files and tried again but same problem. Will try to redownload all iso copies of the disks from a mirror this time and try again. If no one else has had this problem it must be something with the writing to disc or downloading so no need to reply. If anyone else has has this problem is there a simple solution? If not I will just go back to 6.1. Lloyd