Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2003 17:59:22 -0400 From: "David Nobles" <dnobles@dnobles.com> To: <freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org> Subject: FreeBSD CDROM Installation Message-ID: <031301c37979$22c5d4e0$4de9f8aa@adc>
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Sorry if this doesn't have all the info but I'm brand spanking new at this. My old hard drive with Win98 died and I just got a new 40GB for my laptop so I decided to install FreeBSD instead . In trying to install on my Toshiba Satellite 2545XCDT I couldn't get it to boot the FreeBSD CDROM. I did change the option to boot from floppy/hd/cdrom to cdrom/floppy/hd. I created the Kernel and MFS floppies per the instructions in my book (FreeBSD 3rd edition) and it sets up my partition, asks what type of installation I want (selected Novice). I then tell it the installation media is CDROM but when it boot it appears to scan the CDROM (led flashes) but then boots from the hard drive giving me a message that 0:wd(0,a)/kernel is the default and placing me at the boot: prompts. If I type ? it lists several items: /var /usr cdrom / plus some others. Anything else I type it just echoes what I type as 0:wd(0,a)xxxx where xxxx is what I typed followed by the message no xxxx. Any ideas how to get it to recognize the CDROM or barring that creating the floppies to get a basic install so I can perhaps boot that and get the rest from the CDROM Thanks for any help, David
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