Problems installing 5.2.1 onto HP rx2600

[Marcel Moolenaar]

On Thu, Mar 25, 2004 at 02:00:07PM -0500, Gian-Paolo Musumeci wrote:
> 
> I'm having some difficulties getting FreeBSD 5.2.1 installed on an rx2600.
> The system boots from the internal DVD mechanism without problems (although
> I can't use the CDs as install media), and correctly starts a network
> install.
> 
> At exactly 85% of the way through the base, sysinstall crashes with the
> error message: "Fatal Error: Invalid realloc size of 0!".  I've tried a
> few different mirrors and the problem is persistent.
> 
> Any ideas on what might be going wrong here?

No, but you might want to give the post 5.2.1 snaphot a try:
	ftp://ftp2.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/snapshots/ia64

It should find your CD drive.

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 Marcel Moolenaar	  USPA: A-39004		 marcel at xcllnt.net