From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Apr 11 14:53:25 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 A574116A405 for ; Wed, 11 Apr 2007 14:53:25 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd-questions@m.gmane.org) Received: from ciao.gmane.org (main.gmane.org [80.91.229.2]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3D25E13C448 for ; Wed, 11 Apr 2007 14:53:25 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd-questions@m.gmane.org) Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1HbeC4-0008DW-Nt for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Wed, 11 Apr 2007 16:53:08 +0200 Received: from lara.cc.fer.hr ([161.53.72.113]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Wed, 11 Apr 2007 16:53:08 +0200 Received: from ivoras by lara.cc.fer.hr with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Wed, 11 Apr 2007 16:53:08 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org From: Ivan Voras Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2007 16:52:46 +0200 Lines: 45 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="------------enigAA242668D13AA7C45E17B296" X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: lara.cc.fer.hr User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.10 (X11/20060911) In-Reply-To: X-Enigmail-Version: 0.94.2.0 Sender: news 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 14:53:25 -0000 This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enigAA242668D13AA7C45E17B296 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Isaac Grover wrote: > Good morning, >=20 > 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. You may scroll back (with ScrollLock key) and see if it's detected. > Why can't FreeBSD see the CD drive after sysinstall starts when it can > clearly see it before sysinstall starts? Because before it starts it relies on BIOS to provide services (in=20 16-bit x86 mode), but after the kernel starts, it must use its own=20 drivers (32-bit or 64-bit, depending on your choice) and it seems it=20 doesn't have the right drivers. Most CD/DVD drives are standard and=20 register as ATA or SCSI drives but, as you see now, there are those that = require special support. --------------enigAA242668D13AA7C45E17B296 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with SUSE - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFGHPY+ldnAQVacBcgRAn/IAKDjPANJUIoySYTyUhpS7Fox3xe5yQCgi6we P9MphgQiUtIdL635VTy+FzQ= =Xbq3 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enigAA242668D13AA7C45E17B296--