Try to burn a new cd/dvd and burn it at a lower speed. It might be that the cd/dvd isn't 100%.
cheers
On Mon, 2008-01-07 at 00:17 -0800, Joseph Eaton wrote:
> More precisely. I do select the elements I want ("All" and then "Exit" and
> then "Install from CD-ROM" and then some files flash before my eyes and then
> I come to a screen that says: "User Confirmation Requested" and below that
> "Unable to transfer the base distribution from adc0" and on the next line "Do
> you want to try to retrieve it again?" and then at the bottom "Yes" or "No"
> and I can never retrieve it successfully or exit successfully. Thanks again
> for your help.
>
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> From: Joseph Eaton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Sunday, January 6, 2008 11:56:49 PM
> Subject: help with installation of 6.2 release i386 on older HP desktop
>
>
> Thanks in advance for your help. I am a newbie trying to install FreeBSD for
> the first time. I have an HP desktop computer with 64MB of SDRAM, a 12 GB
> hard drive and a Pentium II processor running at 333 MHz. I am trying to put
> FreeBSD 6.2 on this machine but have not had any luck. I've read the
> documentation, but stil can't seem to figure out what to do.
>
> I downloaded the ISO mage for the "bootonly" disk and checked that it using
> checksum.md5, then burned a disk image using InfrRecorder to a fresh CD-R. I
> set the bios on my HP to boot from the CDROM drive and put the disk in. It
> walks me through the installation process but never gives me a chance
> to exit. I select the Standard installation but get stuck shortly
> thereafter when I try to tell it to use the option to set up for a single
> user using the X-Window system. It won't let me select multiple elements
> like bin and library. I get stuck and then it never completes and won't let
> me out of the setup screen series.
>
>
> Please let me know if I am not providing enough information above. I welcome
> any help. Thanks.
>
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