Write failed 1 of 240640 bytes

George Reid greid at FreeBSD.org
Wed May 2 19:44:03 BST 2001


On Wed, 2 May 2001, Guillermo Ponce wrote:

> I have a problem installing FreeBSD 4.2
> when it's copying bin / into the directory it crash and appears a message like
> "Write failed... 1 of 240640 bytes... "
> and I give enter and continues with Crypto and Compatible  folders and 
> finish, but then when it re-starts appears the message
> Load kernel error...
> can't load kernel
> ok

Sounds like you've either run out of HD space or have corrupt installation
media. There should be an error message on ttyv1 (Alt+F2 to change).

greid
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