From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Apr 11 14:45:19 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B52F316A405 for ; Wed, 11 Apr 2007 14:45:19 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from derek@computinginnovations.com) Received: from betty.computinginnovations.com (dsl081-227-250.chi1.dsl.speakeasy.net [64.81.227.250]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 703D313C4AD for ; Wed, 11 Apr 2007 14:45:19 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from derek@computinginnovations.com) Received: from p28.computinginnovations.com (dhcp-10-20-30-100.computinginnovations.com [10.20.30.100]) (authenticated bits=0) by betty.computinginnovations.com (8.13.8/8.12.11) with ESMTP id l3BEimxE003113; Wed, 11 Apr 2007 09:44:49 -0500 (CDT) Message-Id: <6.0.0.22.2.20070411094234.02569868@mail.computinginnovations.com> X-Sender: derek@mail.computinginnovations.com X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 6.0.0.22 Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2007 09:44:17 -0500 To: "Isaac Grover" , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org From: Derek Ragona In-Reply-To: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 X-ComputingInnovations-MailScanner-Information: Please contact the ISP for more information X-ComputingInnovations-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-ComputingInnovations-MailScanner-From: derek@computinginnovations.com X-Spam-Status: No Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: Subject: Re: "No CD/DVD devices found" after booting from FreeBSD 6.2 CD 1 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2007 14:45:19 -0000 At 08:07 AM 4/11/2007, Isaac Grover wrote: >Good morning, > >I am attempting to install FreeBSD 6.2-RELEASE on a Dell Dimension >C521n (no Windows pre-installed) with a Sony model DDU1615S CD/DVD >drive as the chosen boot media. Booting from the CD shows that the CD >drive shows up as cd, and after doing the fdisk/disklabel stuff, >trying to choose the CD drive as the chosen boot media gives me an >error window with the message "No CD/DVD devices found". I would >include a dmesg output if I knew how to get to it during an install. >Why can't FreeBSD see the CD drive after sysinstall starts when it can >clearly see it before sysinstall starts? > >Thanks in advance, >-- >Isaac Grover, Owner >Quality Computer Services of River Falls, Wisconsin >Affordable I. T. Consulting, Web Design, and Web Hosting. >Commercial and Residential Inquiries Welcomed. >Web: http://www.qcs-rf.com What interface is the CD drive on? what interface is the hard drive using? Which version of FreeBSD are you installing i386 or amd64? -Derek -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. MailScanner thanks transtec Computers for their support.