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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!zombie.ncsc.mil!news.mathworks.com!gatech!howland.reston.ans.net!xlink.net!news.dfn.de!news.rwth-aachen.de!news.rhrz.uni-bonn.de!RRZ.Uni-Koeln.DE!se From: se@MI.Uni-Koeln.DE (Stefan Esser) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: cp assertion failed... Date: 22 May 1995 18:24:32 GMT Organization: Institute for Mathematics, University of Cologne, Germany Lines: 24 Message-ID: <3pqkt0$mb0@news.rrz.uni-koeln.de> References: <3pef0g$81@bobby-sands.llc.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: parc02.mi.uni-koeln.de To: pmorin@biko.llc.org (Patrick A. Morin) In article <3pef0g$81@bobby-sands.llc.org>, pmorin@biko.llc.org (Patrick A. Morin) writes: |> Hello, |> Trying to install FreeBSD 2.0-RELEASE on a DEC PC XL 566 with |> ncr scsi controler on the motherboard. And I keep getting messages |> about cp assertion failed cp -> header.cp in ../../pci/ncr.c at line 5172 |> (if I remember correctly) Anybody know what to do to fix it? You are installing from CDROM ? There is a compatibility problem with some CDROM drives, which act in a strange way when receiving a synchronous transfer negotiation message. Which drive model are you using ? This will be fixed in 2.0.5, but I can send instructions on how to get the system installed anyway ... STefan -- Stefan Esser Internet: <se@ZPR.Uni-Koeln.DE> Zentrum fuer Paralleles Rechnen Tel: +49 221 4706017 Universitaet zu Koeln FAX: +49 221 4705160 Weyertal 80 50931 Koeln