From owner-freebsd-questions Fri May 8 15:45:57 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id PAA01312 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Fri, 8 May 1998 15:45:57 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (gdi.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.30]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id PAA01175 for ; Fri, 8 May 1998 15:44:57 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.7/8.8.8) with SMTP id PAA28402; Fri, 8 May 1998 15:44:52 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Date: Fri, 8 May 1998 15:44:52 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White Reply-To: Doug White To: Matthew Hagerty cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 2.2.6-RELEASE CD-ROM problem In-Reply-To: <3.0.3.32.19980508094441.006cb0d4@smtp.net-link.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Fri, 8 May 1998, Matthew Hagerty wrote: > Greetings, > > I have a 2X Sony CDU-33A CD-ROM in a 486/DX2-66 and I am trying to > install 2.2.6-RELEASE. The problem is that when I get to the commit phase > of the install, I get an error that says: > > The CD in your drive looks more like and audio CD, not a FreeBSD install disk. > > Then it asks me if I want to re-select and/or change my media. This > goes on and on. I have put several disks through the drive and every one > gives me the same error. The most confusing part is that I have installed > FreeBSD (2.2.5) using this CD-ROM! Is this an IDE or Sony proprietary inferface? You may have to config scd0. > Last night I updated the MB from 486-33 to 486-66, added a second IDE > hd, and a modem. I have installed FreeBSD on the 486-66 MB many times > before without problems. Any suggestions? Install finds the drive, > identifies it correctly, but just won't read the disks. Are they even found? Try hitting ALT-F2 at the main menu and make sure it finds the CDROM device. Also makes sure you're putting the CD in before the system boots. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message