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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!news.unimelb.EDU.AU!cs.mu.OZ.AU!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.ysu.edu!news.cps.udayton.edu!news.engr.udayton.edu!blackbird.afit.af.mil!zombie.ncsc.mil!news.mathworks.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in1.uu.net!atmnet.net!newshub.cts.com!usenet From: gboulric@cts.com (Geary Boulrice) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: FreeBSD install problems.....write error Date: Sat, 29 Jun 1996 17:18:21 GMT Organization: CTS Network Services Lines: 33 Message-ID: <4r3odj$1dk@optional.cts.com> References: <31D47286.167EB0E7@athenet.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: extremeviz.cts.com X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82 Brian Bayorgeon <riff_one@athenet.net> wrote: - - - - cut - - - - >I proceed with a Novice install selecting a custom install. >I let the installation program automatically set the following >directories on the Seagate slave drive: >part mount size newfs >wd1s1a / 32 MB UFS Y >wd1s1b <none> 43 MB SWAP >wd1s1e /var 30 MB UFS Y >wd1s1f /usr 144 MB UFS Y > I get a >"Write failure on transfer! (wrote -1 bytes of 10240 bytes)" >when the installation gets as far as /bin - - - - - cut - - - - I am experiencing the same error while installing 2.0.5 on a Compaq 3/25 laptop. Ir never happens at /bin, but happens at differenct spots in the distribution sets. It does allow me to continue the installation with a warning that not all distribution files were loaded. However, now it appears that some required files are missing, atleast that's what the compiler says when I try to recompile. I may try Ken's cache suggestion. Unfortuneately, I am doing a FLOPPY install, sooooo it takes a while. Geary