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Xref: sserve alt.cd-rom:16793 comp.os.386bsd.questions:10688 Newsgroups: alt.cd-rom,comp.os.386bsd.questions Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msuinfo!agate!ihnp4.ucsd.edu!sdd.hp.com!decwrl!decwrl!netcomsv!netcom.com!akiy From: akiy@netcom.com (Jun Akiyama) Subject: Re: Can't read parts of new FreeBSD 1.1 cd-rom Message-ID: <akiyCqwvJL.1Do@netcom.com> Followup-To: alt.cd-rom,comp.os.386bsd.questions Organization: Walnut Creek CDROM X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL1] References: <1994Jun4.213359.328@robkaos.ping.de> Date: Sun, 5 Jun 1994 06:33:20 GMT Lines: 46 Hi, Robert, Robert Schien (robsch@robkaos.ping.de) wrote: > I can't read some parts of my new FreeBSD-1.1 cdrom. It seems > that some areas are bad. Is it possible with a new CD? > I received it today. When entering the command > dd if=/dev/cd0d of=/dev/null bs=10240 > I get a read error after 42005 blocks (about 430 MB). > The CD has 660 MB as reported by 'df'. > The FreeBSD CD is from Walnut Creek. It is manufactured by > Disctronic. > Until now I never had any problems with my NEC 84-1 Multispin > CD-ROM (SCSI) drive. > Thank you in advance for any hints. The problem is not in your hardware at all. It is our disc at fault. There was a mastering error that caused some corrupted files in some of the directories (eg /filesys/usr/src/sys/i386/*). For some of these diretories, you can use the tarred up files located in the srcdist directory, if you wish to have a work around. We have created a brand new one-off which has been sent to Disctronic today. We should have the new batch in within two weeks or so. For anyone else who bought the FreeBSD 1.1 R CDROM directly from us, please contact us either via E-mail at info@cdrom.com, or by phone at 1-800-786-9907, 1-510-674-0783, or 1-510-674-0821 (FAX) with your name, address, and phone number, and that you wish to get a replacement for the FreeBSD 1.1 disc. If you bought it from one of our distributors, please contact them for an exchange. We are very, *very* sorry for such an error on our part. We will try our hardest to never repeat such a mistakes in the future. > Robert Regards, Jun Akiyama Technical Supervisor, Walnut Creek CDROM akiy@cdrom.com