Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2007 09:44:17 -0500 From: Derek Ragona <derek@computinginnovations.com> To: "Isaac Grover" <isaac.grover@gmail.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: "No CD/DVD devices found" after booting from FreeBSD 6.2 CD 1 Message-ID: <6.0.0.22.2.20070411094234.02569868@mail.computinginnovations.com> In-Reply-To: <bf7af5e50704110607l301fb755k129921439628812b@mail.gmail.co m> References: <bf7af5e50704110607l301fb755k129921439628812b@mail.gmail.com>
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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.
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