> > I'm trying to install 4.7-Release from CDROM. > > BootMgr is installed and works to boot Win98. > > The FreeBSD partition seems to get formated ok. > > But when the "/bin" files are copied: "Write failure on transfer!" > When I boot from floppies and use the 4.7 CD for sysgen I get a similar > message. I can not boot from my CD either. > There have been several posts from others with similar difficulties with > 4.7 lately. I have been downloading and burning CDs since r4.1 with no > difficulties. The only way I can get 4.7 is to start with my 4.6.2 CD and > then cvsup up to 4.7 > ....... > > > > Should I replace my disk drive with a frog? > Probably won't help. > In my case I suspect that my CD burner or the media I am using must > be the culprits. I have downloaded the 4.7 ISOs from three different > mirrors, burned 4 CDs using two different burning programs. No luck.
crt: I bought my CDs from daemonnews, since we have the same problem, crt: your CD burner or media are not likely to be the culprits. Oops, the error messages I see with Alt F2 (invalid bit length repeat) do look like trouble with the media. Silly me, I thought a "Write failure" would be a failure while writeing. Other posts implied that it could be my "El Cheapo" cdrom drive, but the workaround suggested (set hw.ata.ata_dma="1" etc before boot) didn't help. To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
