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From: aw2t+@andrew.cmu.edu (Alex R.N. Wetmore)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd
Subject: hard drive problems
Message-ID: <MeZbJl_00VBCA270lG@andrew.cmu.edu>
Date: 22 Aug 92 09:12:17 GMT
Organization: Freshman, Math/Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA
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I have been having trouble installing 386bsd on my PC.  I can install
all of the bin distribution from 3.5" disks, until bin01.47, which mread
can only read 98k of.  After that, I can only read 98k of each
additional file.  I gives me an fwrite error.

Machine config:
   Mistubishi 386/16 with 387
   6 megs of memory
   70 meg CDC Wren II drive
   WD MFM controller
   EGA

I also have a 20 meg st-225 that I have been using for MS-DOS.  When I
ran the install script I told it to install on the entire HD, not into a
partition.  I also tried installing it on a partition and got
input/output errors (don't remember the exact error code).

thanks,
alex