From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Jan 13 22:33:41 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id WAA16796 for questions-outgoing; Sat, 13 Jan 1996 22:33:41 -0800 (PST) Received: from iworks.InterWorks.org (iworks.interworks.org [128.255.18.10]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id WAA16788 for ; Sat, 13 Jan 1996 22:33:37 -0800 (PST) Received: by iworks.InterWorks.org (1.37.109.8/16.2) id AA04386; Sun, 14 Jan 1996 00:30:41 -0600 Message-Id: <9601140630.AA04386@iworks.InterWorks.org> Date: Sun, 14 Jan 1996 00:30:41 -0600 From: "Daniel M. Eischen" To: owner-freebsd-questions@freefall.freebsd.org, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Problems with SWiM Motif for FreeBSD Cc: PROBLEMS@POMONA.EDU Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk > I recently got a copy of SWiM Motif for FreeBSD - but I have been having >some trouble. First, the install script that SWiM used must have been for an >older version of FreeBSD, because it referenced directories that did not exist >with my vanilla 2.1.0-RELEASE. Anyway, that is not really the problem. > The REAL problem is that I get this error when trying to untar one of the >seven supplied floppies (1.44): > >fd0c: hard error reading fsbn 216 of 216-235 (ST0 40 ST1 4 >ST2 0 cyl 6 hd 0 sec1) >tar: read error on /dev/rfd0: Input/output error > >I'm assuming the floppy is corrupted. Has anyone else had any problems with >SWiM Motif? What is a recommendation for a good Motif for FreeBSD? Is Motif >worth it? > >And if the above error is not due to a bad disk, but some other fault, please >tell me before I write to the distributor asking for another diskette. Thanks! I've been using SWiM Motif 2.0 for FreeBSD for a few months and haven't run across any problems other than the installation script not being correct. It does sound like you've got a bad floppy. I'd offer to send you the missing (corrupted) floppy, but I don't think that would be legal. Dan Eischen deischen@iworks.InterWorks.org