Date: Thu, 13 Nov 1997 11:20:53 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: Keith Just <keithj@iafrica.com> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Installing FreeBSD from Hitach IDE Atapi 4-speed CD-rom Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.971113111909.2209E-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <E0xVlLD-0005WI-00@lists01.iafrica.com>
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On Thu, 13 Nov 1997, Keith Just wrote: > I was hoping you could perhaps help me with this, or at least point me > in the right direction. > I'm a first-time user trying to install FreeBSD 2.2.2 > I'm booting from the image floppy. > Do you have any idea what I should be selecting under the device > selection of FreeBSD install, in order to get my Hitachi X4 Atapi IDE > CD-rom drive to work ? It should work with little effort. > The CD-rom is connected on the same cable as the sole seagate 1Gig > hardrive, a setup which worked fine under dos. Do you have the master jumper set on the disk and the slave jumper set on the CDROM? You could also try moving the CDROM onto it's own controller. > I've tried IDE/ESDI/MFM DISK CONTROLLER (wdc0), > This enables my hardrive, but not my cdrom. > There are no device conflicts. > > During install i get the message "Error mounting /dev/wcd0c on /dist: > Input/otput error (5) Oh, this. :-/ > > I'm trying to install FreeBSD 2.2.2 from CD-ROM. > Some more info : > During the detection phase i get the following : > > wcd0:unit 1 (atapi) : <HITACHI CDR-7730/0008c, removable, iordy > wcd0:689Kb/sec, 128Kb cache ,audio play, 128 volume levels, > wcd0:ejectable tray > wcd0:media type unknown, unlocked > > Obviously the CD Rom is being seen, but the system doesn't seem > to know its a CD Rom. Try putting the CDROM in on boot. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major
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