From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Feb 27 23:57:23 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from bryden.apana.org.au (bryden.apana.org.au [203.3.126.129]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 767D437B719 for ; Tue, 27 Feb 2001 23:57:09 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dougy@bryden.apana.org.au) Received: from roadrunner (roadrunner.apana.org.au [203.3.126.132]) by bryden.apana.org.au (8.11.1/8.11.1) with SMTP id f1S7udE83297; Wed, 28 Feb 2001 17:56:42 +1000 (EST) (envelope-from dougy@bryden.apana.org.au) Message-ID: <03d101c0a15c$1b11fa00$847e03cb@apana.org.au> From: "Doug Young" To: , , References: <30.111525ad.27cdf978@aol.com> Subject: Re: HeLP!!! i am trying to install bsd linux and it wont install or give me e... Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2001 17:57:26 +1000 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_03CE_01C0A1AF.E945FA40" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4133.2400 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4133.2400 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_03CE_01C0A1AF.E945FA40 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable 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.=20 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.=20 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 -----=20 From: AMDMCG@aol.com=20 To: dougy@bryden.apana.org.au ; jpaetzel@hutchtel.net ; AMDMCG@aol.com = ; freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG=20 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,=20 I was trying to install FreeBsd4.2 and I am chalking it up to lack of = support=20 on the=20 baseline image files that I am putting onto the 2 standard bootable = "LINUX=20 floppies"=20 to bootstrap load a linux/unix/freebsd kernel into ram .... that works = just=20 fine...=20 but the Sony CDROM cdu33a device ... does not seem to be supported by = freebsd=20 or=20 by linuxpro5.4 or by easylinux2.4 ... which begs the question ... did = i buy a=20 lemon=20 of a CDROM drive .. Or did Sony stop supporting it or no one has = gotten=20 around to writing a driver or a special bootable kernel floppy image = yet for=20 nonstandard=20 hardware.=20 Thanks again and whatever else you could add or direct me to ... to = solve=20 this little=20 mystery ... would be greatly appreciated by me!!=20 Thanks again!=20 Andrew.=20 ------=_NextPart_000_03CE_01C0A1AF.E945FA40 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Whats a "Sony CDROM cdu33a" anyway = ?? If=20 its something really weird you may well be out of luck. = No point=20 messing with oddball components since there is no shortage of = common=20 bits that work properly without the aggro. 
 
Another point ... you mention "LINUX = floppies /=20 linuxpro5.4 / easylinux2.4". I can't begin to imagine what you are = doing=20 with those & you probably won't get much = assistance=20 on linux issues in this list ...I certainly won't have anything to do=20 with linux.
 
I can't recall any = serious problems with installing FreeBSD from any = regular type=20 IDE or SCSI CD drive .. as far as I'm aware there isn't anything = weird with=20 normal Sony ones. Well thats assuming its IDE or SCSI & not one of = the=20 prehistoric ones that connects to a sound card etc.
 
Just a thought ..... I recall hearing = about an=20 issue with IDE CD-ROM drives acting up if they are secondary master (or=20 something like that). My IDE ones have always been primary slaves = &=20 that works fine. There is probably a bunch of stuff in the = questions=20 archive about this.
 
My suggestions are (a) beg / borrow / = steal / hire=20 a "common or garden variety" CD drive
          &nbs= p;            = ;       (b)=20 install from floppy (plenty of info about that at my Pedantic FreeBSD=20 site)
          &nbs= p;            = ;       (c)=20 if you have permanent internet access do an FTP install
 
 
 
 
----- Original Message -----
From:=20 AMDMCG@aol.com
To: dougy@bryden.apana.org.au = ; jpaetzel@hutchtel.net ; AMDMCG@aol.com ; freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.O= RG=20
Sent: Wednesday, February 28, = 2001 4:49=20 PM
Subject: Re: HeLP!!! i am = trying to=20 install bsd linux and it wont install or give me e...

Doug,
I = was trying=20 to install FreeBsd4.2 and I am chalking it up to lack of support =
on the=20
baseline image files that I am putting onto the 2 standard = bootable "LINUX=20
floppies"
to bootstrap load a linux/unix/freebsd kernel into = ram ....=20 that works just
fine...
but the Sony CDROM cdu33a device ... = does not=20 seem to be supported by freebsd
or
by linuxpro5.4 or by = easylinux2.4=20 ... which begs the question ... did i buy a
lemon
of a CDROM = drive ..=20 Or did Sony stop supporting it or no one has gotten
around to = writing a=20 driver or a special bootable kernel floppy image yet for =
nonstandard=20
hardware.
Thanks again and whatever else you could add or = direct me to=20 ... to solve
this little
mystery ... would be greatly = appreciated by=20 me!!
Thanks again!
Andrew. =
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