From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Mar 21 00:24:23 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id AAA07429 for questions-outgoing; Thu, 21 Mar 1996 00:24:23 -0800 (PST) Received: from nixpbe.pdb.sni.de (mail.sni.de [192.109.2.33]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with ESMTP id AAA07424 for ; Thu, 21 Mar 1996 00:24:14 -0800 (PST) Received: (from nerv@localhost) by nixpbe.pdb.sni.de (8.6.12/8.6.12) id JAA29311 for questions@freebsd.org; Thu, 21 Mar 1996 09:23:34 +0100 Message-Id: <199603210823.JAA29311@nixpbe.pdb.sni.de> Subject: Re: Inst_ide.bat found my CD-ROM but install program said not! To: vvelasco@udgserv.cencar.udg.mx Date: Thu, 21 Mar 96 9:20:49 MET From: Greg Lehey Cc: questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <9603210708.AA01512@udgserv.cencar.udg.mx>; from "vvelasco@udgserv.cencar.udg.mx" at Mar 21, 96 1:08 am X-Mailer: xmail 2.4 (based on ELM 2.2 PL16) Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > > I recently bougth (buy) FreeBSD 2.1 Jan '96, and i still trying to install > it but i can't! too many ERRORS. > > First i'm on Pentium 100 Mhz Triton Motherboard, 8 Mb RAM, 256 kb L2 cache, > HD Conner 1.28 Gb, Hitachi CD-ROM 4x, i just running inst_ide.bat and this is the good > part: > > wdc0: at 0x1f0-0x1f7 irq14 on ISA > wdc0: unit 0 (wd0): Conner Peripherals 1275 Mb - CFS1275A > wd0: 1219 Mb (2496816 Sectors), 2477 cyls, 16 heads, 635 S/T, 512 B/S > wdc0 unit 1 (atapi): removable, iordy > wdc0: 689 kb/sec, 128 kb cache, audio play, 128 volume levels, ejectable tray > wdc0: no disc inside, unlocked > > Ok?? all is fine! Where's the disc? > But in the install program when i choose the media it appear a message > that NO DEVICES FOUND!! what happend???? The instructions say that you need to install the CD-ROM *before* you boot. From the messages above, it appears that you haven't done so. If there is a disc in the drive, then the message 'no disc inside' shouldn't appear. > More.. i copy /dist/bin and /floppies to my HD particion (DOS) and when i try to get > it.. some errors about gzip error!!! Maybe you could specify the exact message. Good luck Greg ------------------------------------------------------------ Greg Lehey LEMIS grog@lemis.de Schellnhausen 2 Tel: +49-6637-919123 36325 Feldatal Fax: +49-6637-919122 Germany