Date: Wed, 2 Dec 98 10:08:53 +0100 From: Thierry.Herbelot@alcatel.fr To: marko@uk.radan.com Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, Thierry.Herbelot@alcatel.fr, ynelson@yahoo.com Subject: Re: Boot from CD Message-ID: <H000057c01a91c2f@MHS> In-Reply-To: <366500F2.E2D64CB5@uk.radan.com>
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> Thierry.Herbelot@alcatel.fr wrote: > > > > Hello, > > > > There ARE problems with FreeBSD 2.2.6 and IDE CD-Roms. > > > > Ahh, thanks. I never ran 2.2.6, I went from 2.2.5 -> 2.2.7, so I > never had that problem. > > > If you are in this case, you'd better copy the bin and ssys (kernel > > sources) distributions from the CD to a FAT16 partition, install from DOS > > and then upgrade the atapi.c and atapi.h files in the kernel sources. > > Then, you will have access to the CD-Rom from FreeBSD. > > > > Does this mean that you can't install from the CD's with an IDE > CD-ROM, even if you boot from DOS or a floppy? No, my post was only in the context of 2.2.6-Release. You can use the CDROM in the other situations (in particular booting from the boot.flp floppy and then installing from the CD) Anyway, the IDE/Atapi "standard" is not one, so there may be quirks. TfH > > > TfH > > > > > Nelson Yu wrote: > > > > > > > > I bought the FreeBSD CDs and try to boot it from my CD-Rom directly > > > > which my PentiumII system supports. I get a read error message. I > > have > > > > version 2.2.6. Shouldn't I be able to boot and run from the CD-Rom > > > > directly? > > > > > > > > > > Yes, you should. This points to a faulty CD (WC should exchange them > > > if this is the case) or drive (can you read other CD's?). Can you view > > > the contents of the CD in explorer? (I'm assuming you're running > > > Windoze), . If you can read the CD in Windoze you could try doing a > > > DOS boot from the CD, instructions are in one of the TXT files (not > > > sure which) in the root dir of CD 1. > > > > > > > > > > Nelson <ynelson@yahoo.com> > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > > > > -- > > > Trust the computer industry to shorten Year 2000 to Y2K. It > > > was this thinking that caused the problem in the first place. > > > > > > Mark Ovens, CNC Applications Engineer, Radan Computational Ltd. > > > Bath, Avon, England. Sheet Metal CAD/CAM Solutions > > > mailto:marko@uk.radan.com http://www.radan.com > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > -- > Trust the computer industry to shorten Year 2000 to Y2K. It > was this thinking that caused the problem in the first place. > > Mark Ovens, CNC Applications Engineer, Radan Computational Ltd. > Bath, Avon, England. Sheet Metal CAD/CAM Solutions > mailto:marko@uk.radan.com http://www.radan.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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