Re: FreeBSD 7.0 installation problems.Please help!
On Fri, Sep 26, 2008 at 01:58:41PM -0700, Steve Franks wrote: > > "Write failure on transfer! > > (wrote -1 bytes of 1425408 bytes)" > > "Unable to transfer the GENERIC distribution from acd0" > > I'm a bit of a n00b too. There's a whole host of things that have > given me that issue - bad cd drive, scratched disk, etc. > > More importantly, I've seen sysinstall never actually format the disk, > so then it can't write to it. The way I fixed it is by hitting "w" > (write) before "q" (quit) in both the fdisk and partition pages of > sysinstall. I've seen this behavior on both 6.2 and 7.0, and I've > never paid enough attention to repeat it or figure out what I did > wrong - I just use the write command manually and things seem happier. > Make sure you see a box pop up on the partition/label page when you > hit write that mentions something about "doing newfs ", otherwise > just start over. I think that's the magic step. I don't remember the necessary letter just at this moment, but you must hit the letter to tell it to actually write the stuff or it won't do it. That is normal behavior. jerry > > Hope this helps, > Steve > ___ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: FreeBSD 7.0 installation problems.Please help!
> "Write failure on transfer! > (wrote -1 bytes of 1425408 bytes)" > "Unable to transfer the GENERIC distribution from acd0" I'm a bit of a n00b too. There's a whole host of things that have given me that issue - bad cd drive, scratched disk, etc. More importantly, I've seen sysinstall never actually format the disk, so then it can't write to it. The way I fixed it is by hitting "w" (write) before "q" (quit) in both the fdisk and partition pages of sysinstall. I've seen this behavior on both 6.2 and 7.0, and I've never paid enough attention to repeat it or figure out what I did wrong - I just use the write command manually and things seem happier. Make sure you see a box pop up on the partition/label page when you hit write that mentions something about "doing newfs ", otherwise just start over. I think that's the magic step. Hope this helps, Steve ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
FreeBSD 7.0 installation problems.Please help!
Good morning! I was installing FreeBSD 7.0 i368 using the downloaded from ftp.freebsd.org ISO images.(I've downloaded 3 main CD's without LiveCD and LifeFS) While installing it gives me some errors : "Write failure on transfer! (wrote -1 bytes of 1425408 bytes)" "Unable to transfer the GENERIC distribution from acd0" When I tried to boot the system the loader says: "Couldn't extract kernels" I have a bit of experience with Linux systems but I can't understand what I've done in a wrong way with FreeBSD Can You tell me what's the problem with my installation? How can I successfully install the FreeBSD OS when I have that errors? Thank You very much. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
