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From: j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Please help: install problem-> 2.1.0-R
Date: 15 Jul 1996 12:29:41 GMT
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slrbd@mendon.declab.usu.edu (Tami Bennett) wrote:
> ... Almost
> all the transfers gave an error message that had:
>
> Write failure on transfer...
Well, that's the final error message. The messages above might give
better hints for *why* the write actually failed.
> 1st HD: Maxtor 71626 AP; 1.6GB EIDE Jumpered as master device;
> using motherboard controller attached to PCI bus.
> 2nd HD: Maxtor 7546 AT; 540MB EIDE Jumpered as slave device;
> using motherboard controller attached to PCI bus.
> CDROM: Creative 4X IDE (model CRE-JTB?), Jumpered as slave device;
> using motherboard controller attached to ISA bus.
^^^
Are you sure about this? I think both controllers are at the PCI bus.
It shouldn't matter however.
The atapi.flp would only work if the CDROM is the ``next logical
drive'' in the chain, i.e. it should be the master on the second
controller. I would give it a try, perhaps it will work then!
> Since I think disk geometry is the issue here, I list the following:
Not necessarily. The most common geometry problem only experiences
*after* you've installed the system, at the first reboot from the hard
disk. This happens if the BIOS and FreeBSD installation have a
different idea about the disk geometry.
--
cheers, J"org
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