Date: Tue, 04 Jan 2005 12:58:05 +1030 From: lists <lists@webzone.net.au> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD 5.3 - Write failure on transfer Message-ID: <41D9FF35.9080702@webzone.net.au> In-Reply-To: <41D79361.1050806@webzone.net.au> References: <41D78555.10605@webzone.net.au> <20050102054245.GD14949@alzatex.com> <41D79361.1050806@webzone.net.au>
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It looks like it is having a problem relating to the mounting the drives. When I rerun the FreeBSD5.3 install a second time - it lists the drives from the first install but they are missing the mount locations. Any suggestions on a work around? Lino lists wrote: > Loren M. Lang wrote: > >> On Sun, Jan 02, 2005 at 03:53:33PM +1030, Lino Fusco wrote: >> >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> I am a newbie to this list and I hope I am posting to the correct >>> list - apologies if I am off target. >>> >>> I am installing FreeBSD 5.3 on a hp netserver LC2000r. The box is a >>> dual processor P3 with three scsi2 drives running in a raid1 >>> configuration with one hot spare. >>> >>> We have six of these boxes. Three of them are running FreeBSD 4.8 or >>> 4.9 without a hitch. >>> >>> I decided to install 5.3 from CD on a fourth box and I am having a >>> problem. >>> >>> I go through the install process. When it goes to write the file >>> structure to the drives it does this in a around 1 second - this >>> seems very fast. Then it starts copying from the CD and I quickly >>> get the following error: >>> >>> "Write failure on transfer! (wrote -1 bytes of 1425408 bytes)" >>> >>> I click ok and the next error message is: >>> >>> "unable to transfer the base distribution from acd0, do you want to >>> try to retrieve it again?". >>> >>> So this has started me troubleshooting the possible causes of the >>> problem: >>> >>> 1) First stop was to suspect the freebsd iso I had burnt was >>> suspect. So I re burnt the cd and the problem persisted. I then >>> suspected the ISO I had downloaded was corrupted. So I downloaded it >>> again, burnt the cd but the problem still persisted. >>> >>> 2) I then suspected the second copy could have come from a cache and >>> therefore may have the same problem as the first copy - so I checked >>> the md5 signature but it lines up with the original from freebsd.org >>> >>> 3) I suspected the CD Rom drive - so I swapped it with one of our >>> other Netserver boxes - problem still persisted. >>> >>> 4)I suspected a drive formatting problem - so I went back into the >>> SCSI software, redid the raid drives and reformatted them - problem >>> still persisted. >>> >>> 5) I suspected another hardware problem - so I pulled out FreeBSD >>> 4.9 to see if that would install - and it did install without any >>> errors. That sort of discounts there being any hardware problems. It >>> points to something specific to freebsd 5.3. >>> >>> So this is where I have got to - FreeBSD 4.9 will install without >>> errors but 5.3 will not install. >>> >>> I suspect the problem has to do with the initial setting up of the >>> file structure - 5.3 is doing this in about one second whereas 4.9 >>> takes closer to a minute to do this. >>> >>> Any thoughts or suggestion? >>> >> >> >> I believe FreeBSD 5.3 does support using UFS 1 in the install, just >> check the option in the disklabel program, but if the partitioning also >> fails then that may not be the problem. >> >> >> >>> Lino >>> Webzone >>> _______________________________________________ >>> freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >>> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >>> To unsubscribe, send any mail to >>> "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >>> >> >> >> >> > Hi, > > Tried setting the partitions to UFS1 - FreeBSD 5.3 then takes closer > to a minute to setup the partitions just like 4.9 - but still get the > same error message when it goes to copy the files. > > Thanks but did not work. > > Lino > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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