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#! rnews 1261 bsd Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!bunyip.cc.uq.oz.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!paladin.american.edu!gatech!news.mathworks.com!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!dispatch.news.demon.net!demon!w14.winecellar.co.uk From: Paul Walsh <paul@nation-net.com> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: FreeBSD install help Date: Tue, 27 Feb 1996 11:26:48 +0000 Organization: Walsh Simmons Lines: 18 Message-ID: <3132EA78.1798@nation-net.com> References: <4gtnev$e9i@itchy.itsnet.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: w14.winecellar.co.uk X-NNTP-Posting-Host: w14.winecellar.co.uk X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.0 (Win95; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Parker Garlitz wrote: > Write failure on transfer! > > (wrote -1 of 10240 bytes) > > This happens when it is trying to add bin to the / directory 100% of the time. This also can happen after FTPing the dists to your c:\. It happened to me (also with a quantum hd ?!!). It is not the CD. Have you tried the FTP install ? (Not practical without a fast connection). Have you used FIPS anytime ? Don't, or risk serious fs corruption if you ever try to mount DOS in freeBSD. Gluck, Pa"ul.