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Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.bugs Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!hp9000.csc.cuhk.hk!hpg30a.csc.cuhk.hk!uxmail!hk.super.net!psinntp!psinntp!news.intercon.com!udel!MathWorks.Com!yeshua.marcam.com!news.kei.com!nic.hookup.net!swrinde!sgiblab!sgigate.sgi.com!olivea!decwrl!decwrl!amd!netcomsv!netcomsv!netcom.com!netcom8!ceb From: ceb@netcom8.netcom.com (Ch. Buckley) Subject: FreeBSD 1.0.2: Random Disk Errors on Upgrade (with Workaround) Message-ID: <CEB.94Feb11171729@netcom8.netcom.com> Sender: ceb@netcom.com (Ch. Buckley) Organization: Mauto, Palo Alto Date: Sat, 12 Feb 1994 01:17:25 GMT Lines: 21 I recently updated an extremely reliable FreeBSD 1.0 Gamma box to 1.0.2. I had heard so many bad things about the patch scripts I didn't even try them. But even starting over, I ran into a problem. [I've tried mailing things to Freebsd-bugs@freefall.cdrom.com, but never hear anything back.] If I just stick in the new floppies, and run through the setup, it works, but when it comes time to unpack the distribution files, I got random unpacking errors doing cat /usr/dist/bin_tgz* | tar xvfz -. FreeBSD was the only partition on the SCSI disk, with a 1542 controller. Solution: Set the disk up for DOS, using fdisk/mbr, etc. and do a format, then set up as per instructions, and it works fine. Very relieving - I thought the tape drive I had made backups on had gone bad! --