From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Nov 13 11:25:57 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id LAA10389 for questions-outgoing; Thu, 13 Nov 1997 11:25:57 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (gdi.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.30]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id LAA10382 for ; Thu, 13 Nov 1997 11:25:54 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.7/8.8.7) with SMTP id LAA02242; Thu, 13 Nov 1997 11:20:53 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Date: Thu, 13 Nov 1997 11:20:53 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White Reply-To: Doug White To: Keith Just cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Installing FreeBSD from Hitach IDE Atapi 4-speed CD-rom In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Thu, 13 Nov 1997, Keith Just wrote: > I was hoping you could perhaps help me with this, or at least point me > in the right direction. > I'm a first-time user trying to install FreeBSD 2.2.2 > I'm booting from the image floppy. > Do you have any idea what I should be selecting under the device > selection of FreeBSD install, in order to get my Hitachi X4 Atapi IDE > CD-rom drive to work ? It should work with little effort. > The CD-rom is connected on the same cable as the sole seagate 1Gig > hardrive, a setup which worked fine under dos. Do you have the master jumper set on the disk and the slave jumper set on the CDROM? You could also try moving the CDROM onto it's own controller. > I've tried IDE/ESDI/MFM DISK CONTROLLER (wdc0), > This enables my hardrive, but not my cdrom. > There are no device conflicts. > > During install i get the message "Error mounting /dev/wcd0c on /dist: > Input/otput error (5) Oh, this. :-/ > > I'm trying to install FreeBSD 2.2.2 from CD-ROM. > Some more info : > During the detection phase i get the following : > > wcd0:unit 1 (atapi) : wcd0:689Kb/sec, 128Kb cache ,audio play, 128 volume levels, > wcd0:ejectable tray > wcd0:media type unknown, unlocked > > Obviously the CD Rom is being seen, but the system doesn't seem > to know its a CD Rom. Try putting the CDROM in on boot. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major