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From: fade@infolink.net (Benjamin Lim)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: FreeBSD install problems.....write error
Date: Sat, 29 Jun 1996 02:05:22 GMT
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You have the exact same problem with me!! I get the
"Write failure on transfer! (wrote -1 bytes of 10240 bytes)"
when the installation gets as far as /bin On my seagate 2 gb!! I got
the 2.2 snap because it was the only version supporting my hard disk
adapter.
Have you figured out the problem?
The only files i downloaded were the /bin and the /floppies
Do i need something else??
Is it just me or do all seagate hard disk have the same problem? HELP!
On Fri, 28 Jun 1996 19:01:49 -0500, Brian Bayorgeon
<riff_one@athenet.net> wrote:
>Hello. Is there anybody who could help me with this problem I'm having
>installing FreeBSD 2.1
>
>I prepare for a custom installation from a DOS partition by
>downloading the FreeBSD 2.1 distribution from FreeBSD's ftp site. I
>used WS_FTP95. I put the files and directories on my master drive
>(Quantum Fireball 1080 MEG EIDE with one huge primary partition devoted
>to Windows 95) like this:
>
>c:\freebsd\bin
>c:\freebsd\dict
>c:\freebsd\floppies
>c:\freebsd\games
>c:\freebsd\info
>c:\freebsd\manpages
>c:\freebsd\proflibs
>c:\freebsd\src
>c:\freebsd\tools
>c:\freebsd\xf86312
>
>(I made sure all files were in the proper directories)
>
>I am installing FreeBSD to my slave drive (a Seagate ST3290A 261.3 MEG
>IDE) I intend to use the entire drive in one big partition for FreeBSD.
>
>I used IDE_CONF.EXE found in the /tools directory on the ftp site to
>confirm the drive geometry of the Seagate drive. It reported the same
>results as FDISK and my hardrive's manual reported:
>
>cyl - 1001
>Heads - 15
>Sectors - 34
>Size - 261.3 MEG
>
>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
>
>This happens during every retry also.....ie: it doesn't seem to be one
>bad file. The same error message then occurs in /dict and in /games
>
>Then the installation is halted and I get this message:
>
>Synching disks
>
>Panic: ffs_valloc:
> dup alloc
> 7 . 7 . 5 . 2 done
>giving up
>
>After that I forced to reset the computer.
>
>I've searched FreeBSD's web site search engine for a possible answer,
>but I really didn't seem to find a definite one. There are suggestions
>that it may be a drive geometry problem, or a situation where there is
>not enough space in the /usr directory. One posting said it was an
>MS-DOS file incompatibility problem, while another said EIDE drives are
>not supported in FreeBSD 2.1. I really don't know where to go from
>here.
>
>Here is my Hardware setup:
>
>Dell XPS P133c
>16 MEG EDO RAM
>Intel Triton PCIset
>
>Intel PIIX PCI IDE CONTROLLER
>Two drives on the Primary IDE
>
>master: 1.01 GIG Quantum Fireball EIDE (windows 95)(one partition)
>
>slave: 261.3 MEG Seagate ST3290A (one partition for FreeBSD) (used
>FIPS)(1001 cyls) (15 heads) (34 sectors)
>
>
>I can give more details if asked. I appreciate any help you guys can
>give me.
>
>Thanks,
>
>Brian
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