Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2001 17:57:26 +1000 From: "Doug Young" <dougy@bryden.apana.org.au> To: <AMDMCG@aol.com>, <jpaetzel@hutchtel.net>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: HeLP!!! i am trying to install bsd linux and it wont install or give me e... Message-ID: <03d101c0a15c$1b11fa00$847e03cb@apana.org.au> References: <30.111525ad.27cdf978@aol.com>
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Whats a "Sony CDROM cdu33a" anyway ?? If its something really weird you may well be out of luck. No point messing with oddball components since there is no shortage of common bits that work properly without the aggro.
Another point ... you mention "LINUX floppies / linuxpro5.4 / easylinux2.4". I can't begin to imagine what you are doing with those & you probably won't get much assistance on linux issues in this list ...I certainly won't have anything to do with linux.
I can't recall any serious problems with installing FreeBSD from any regular type IDE or SCSI CD drive .. as far as I'm aware there isn't anything weird with normal Sony ones. Well thats assuming its IDE or SCSI & not one of the prehistoric ones that connects to a sound card etc.
Just a thought ..... I recall hearing about an issue with IDE CD-ROM drives acting up if they are secondary master (or something like that). My IDE ones have always been primary slaves & that works fine. There is probably a bunch of stuff in the questions archive about this.
My suggestions are (a) beg / borrow / steal / hire a "common or garden variety" CD drive
(b) install from floppy (plenty of info about that at my Pedantic FreeBSD site)
(c) if you have permanent internet access do an FTP install
----- Original Message -----
From: AMDMCG@aol.com
To: dougy@bryden.apana.org.au ; jpaetzel@hutchtel.net ; AMDMCG@aol.com ; freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Sent: Wednesday, February 28, 2001 4:49 PM
Subject: Re: HeLP!!! i am trying to install bsd linux and it wont install or give me e...
Doug,
I was trying to install FreeBsd4.2 and I am chalking it up to lack of support
on the
baseline image files that I am putting onto the 2 standard bootable "LINUX
floppies"
to bootstrap load a linux/unix/freebsd kernel into ram .... that works just
fine...
but the Sony CDROM cdu33a device ... does not seem to be supported by freebsd
or
by linuxpro5.4 or by easylinux2.4 ... which begs the question ... did i buy a
lemon
of a CDROM drive .. Or did Sony stop supporting it or no one has gotten
around to writing a driver or a special bootable kernel floppy image yet for
nonstandard
hardware.
Thanks again and whatever else you could add or direct me to ... to solve
this little
mystery ... would be greatly appreciated by me!!
Thanks again!
Andrew.
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Whats a "Sony CDROM cdu33a" anyway ?? If
its something really weird you may well be out of luck. No point
messing with oddball components since there is no shortage of common
bits that work properly without the aggro. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Another point ... you mention "LINUX floppies /
linuxpro5.4 / easylinux2.4". I can't begin to imagine what you are doing
with those & y<FONT face=Arial size=2>ou probably won't get much assistance
on linux issues in this list ...I certainly won't have anything to do
with linux.</FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I can't recall any serious </FONT><FONT
face=Arial size=2>problems with installing FreeBSD from any regular type
IDE or SCSI CD drive .. as far as I'm aware there isn't anything weird with
normal Sony ones. Well thats assuming its IDE or SCSI & not one of the
prehistoric ones that connects to a sound card etc. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Just a thought ..... I recall hearing about an
issue with IDE CD-ROM drives acting up if they are secondary master (or
something like that). My IDE ones have always been primary slaves &
that works fine. There is probably a bunch of stuff in the questions
archive about this.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>My suggestions are (a) beg / borrow / steal / hire
a "common or garden variety" CD drive</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial
size=2> (b)
install from floppy (plenty of info about that at my Pedantic FreeBSD
site)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial
size=2> (c)
if you have permanent internet access do an FTP install</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
<DIV
style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=AMDMCG@aol.com href="mailto:AMDMCG@aol.com">AMDMCG@aol.com</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=dougy@bryden.apana.org.au
href="mailto:dougy@bryden.apana.org.au">dougy@bryden.apana.org.au</A> ; <A
title=jpaetzel@hutchtel.net
href="mailto:jpaetzel@hutchtel.net">jpaetzel@hutchtel.net</A> ; <A
title=AMDMCG@aol.com href="mailto:AMDMCG@aol.com">AMDMCG@aol.com</A> ; <A
title=freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
href="mailto:freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG">freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, February 28, 2001 4:49
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: HeLP!!! i am trying to
install bsd linux and it wont install or give me e...</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT size=2>Doug, <BR>I was trying
to install FreeBsd4.2 and I am chalking it up to lack of support <BR>on the
<BR>baseline image files that I am putting onto the 2 standard bootable "LINUX
<BR>floppies" <BR>to bootstrap load a linux/unix/freebsd kernel into ram ....
that works just <BR>fine... <BR>but the Sony CDROM cdu33a device ... does not
seem to be supported by freebsd <BR>or <BR>by linuxpro5.4 or by easylinux2.4
... which begs the question ... did i buy a <BR>lemon <BR>of a CDROM drive ..
Or did Sony stop supporting it or no one has gotten <BR>around to writing a
driver or a special bootable kernel floppy image yet for <BR>nonstandard
<BR>hardware. <BR>Thanks again and whatever else you could add or direct me to
... to solve <BR>this little <BR>mystery ... would be greatly appreciated by
me!! <BR>Thanks again! <BR>Andrew. <BR></BLOCKQUOTE></FONT></FONT></BODY></HTML>
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