From owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Apr 13 17:18:22 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0CF9D37B401 for ; Sun, 13 Apr 2003 17:18:22 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smtp.us.messagingengine.com (ny3.fastmail.fm [66.111.4.4]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 221B943F85 for ; Sun, 13 Apr 2003 17:18:20 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from thanjee@fastmail.fm) Received: from smtp.us2.messagingengine.com (server2.internal [10.202.2.133]) by server3.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 492D554EC6 for ; Sun, 13 Apr 2003 20:18:17 -0400 (EDT) Received: from 127.0.0.1 ([127.0.0.1] helo=smtp.us2.messagingengine.com) by messagingengine.com with SMTP; Sun, 13 Apr 2003 20:18:16 -0400 Received: by smtp.us2.messagingengine.com (Postfix, from userid 99) id 124F451A7E; Sun, 13 Apr 2003 20:18:16 -0400 (EDT) Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: MIME::Lite 1.2 (F2.71; T1.001; A1.51; B2.12; Q2.03) From: "Thanjee Neefam" To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Date: Sun, 13 Apr 2003 16:18:16 -0800 X-Epoch: 1050279496 X-Sasl-enc: 0vGGKxrbJF1vIilysCp9IQ References: <20030413190122.781AC37B401@hub.freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <20030413190122.781AC37B401@hub.freebsd.org> Message-Id: <20030414001816.124F451A7E@smtp.us2.messagingengine.com> Subject: Re: Can't install from CD X-BeenThere: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Gathering place for new users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2003 00:18:22 -0000 > "Mike Knowles" wrote: > > >Hi, I am trying to install V5.0 on a Compaq Deskpro 2000. The machine boots > >O.K off the CD but when I get to the stage during install when I choose CD/DVD > >installation I get a no device error. The CD drive is a Hitachi CDR-7930. > >All hardware was working fine running W98 immediatly before. Can You help? > > Technical questions should only be asked on the > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > mailing list. But I just can't resist saying: load the cd9660.ko driver > from the drivers disk, when asked "Do you want to load any additional > drivers". > > > > John. I thought that installation problems were very valid newbie issues. If you can't even install FreeBSD, how can you ever get beyond newbie? I had the same problem a couple of years back with a laptop, but I got around it in a very long and annoying process which I can't even remember now (I think I eventually installed from a dos partition). I wish I had found that simple answer in my earlier newbie days :) /////////// thanjee@fastmail.fm \\\\\\\\\\\ AAFE Audio, Amiga and FreeBSD Enthusiast :p \\\\\\\\\ http://www.fastmail.fm //////////