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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!news.sprintlink.net!buffnet2.buffnet.net!buffnet3!shovey From: shovey@buffnet.net (steve hovey) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Why doesn't FreeBSD install? Date: 30 Oct 1995 19:22:08 GMT Organization: BuffNET Lines: 28 Message-ID: <4738l0$lkr@buffnet2.buffnet.net> References: <46frbq$ad6@zebu.serv.net> <470b5l$vn@uriah.heep.sax.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: buffnet3.buffnet.net X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] J Wunsch (j@uriah.heep.sax.de) wrote: : Sean T. Lamont <zeno@serv.net> wrote: : > The following this have happened: : > : >* It freezes on the menu : >* It gets partially through the installation, core dumps cpio and reboots : This smells like RAM and/or cache problems. I have this problem every time I install freebsd be it on a 486/25 with 4 MB or a pentium 133 with 16mb (Ive done both and point inbetween) The ftp method leaves something to be desired. On full debug i tries for some dirs/files that report back as not existing (it tries to cd to dists for instance) and on a failure, moves partially again (it usually fails on the bind dist on bind.ab - the tries for manpages even though I said Yes to retry the bindist) You have to try several times to get a good install - and you have to go in and out just right - I dont know how to describe it any better than that other than its consistant. So the original poster of this note is not alone. -- ------------------------------------------------------------- Steve Hovey -- shovey@buffnet.net root@buffnet.net