Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2000 20:46:28 -0600 From: David Crooke <dave@convio.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: NEWBIE: Install problem - "no CD-ROM devices found", ftp/NFS won't work, Dell GX1 Message-ID: <38B9E184.9BAA7A9F@convio.com>
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I'm a newbie to FreeBSD, but have successfully installed and managed networks of systems running everything from Linux (Slackware, SuSE, RedHat) to HP-UX, Solaris, Unicos and VMS to (choke gasp) NT/Winframe systems. So, I'm hoping this isn't an idiot question, but I can't find anything like it in the book or in FAQ - the asbestos coated NBC suit is on :-) I am trying to install FreeBSD from the boxed set "FreeBSD Power Pack" which I shamelessly scored in CompUSA in a fit of impulse buying. This contains around 10 CD's, the one I'm using is labelled FreeBSD3.3, based on "4.4 BSD lite", "Installation, Boot CD, Packages X11" and dated Oct 99. I'm trying to do a bare install of a BSD-only setup, based on the "quick install" suggestions on p. 59 of Greg Lehey's book (I have read the first few chapters, as suggested). The target machine is a Dell Optiplex GX1 500S+, one of the little tiny desktops with the grey front and the laptop-style CD-ROM if you know it. P3 @ 500MHz on a 100MHz frontside, 128Mb SDRAM, single 9.7Gb Maxtor. Video is ATI Rage 4Mb I think, haven't gotten that far. Integrated 3C905 NIC. Problem 1: it won't detect the CD-ROM. When I get to the package install phase, it complains that there are no CD-ROM devices. As far as I can tell, the CD-ROM drive is a totally generic IDE-ATAPI device; it is connected in the usual modern way as the primary device on the second IDE bus, and it works fine as /dev/hdc under Linux (I booted a Red Hat 6.1 install CD) which quotes it as a Samsung SN-124. During the kernel load, FreeBSD does attempt to configure "wdc1" which I assume is the second IDE controller, but stalls for around 30 secs without picking up any devices. Note that it does boot OK from the CD-ROM, using El Torrito (I know, that's the BIOS not the kernel). Problem 2: No ftp/NFS. I thought I'd try an ftp based install, and configured one of the boxes here to export it's CD drive via ftp and NFS. The onboard ethernet (3Com Boomerang, aka xl0) configures fine, and correctly picks up DHCP info from the network, but I can't run any traffic down it. FreeBSD complains it can't get DNS, even though it has DHCP'ed the correct address for the DNS server, which is working, and neither ftp nor NFS will work. I'm going to give it one more try, then dig out a full size PC from the stock cupboard, before admitting defeat. Meanwhile, please point me in the right direction! Cheers Dave -- David Crooke, Chief Technology Officer Convio - the online partner for non-profits Tel: (512) 652 2602 - Fax: (512) 652 2699 6300 Bridgepoint Pkwy, Austin TX 78759 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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