Date: Thu, 25 Nov 1999 01:35:08 +0000 From: Abbas Karbassian x5262 <abbas.karbassian@cambridge.simoco.com> To: Brian Blazer <linuxconf@earthlink.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: CDROM troubble Message-ID: <383C924C.522@cambridge.simoco.com> References: <99112418105702.01801@george>
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Brian Blazer wrote: > > Hello all, > > I am having a darn hard time with a cdrom and freebsd 3.3. > > I am trying to install 3.3 on a relatively new box that I have made myself. I > boot from the cdrom, remove the conflicts from the kernel, and then begin the > install config process. All goes well untill it is time to begin the actual > install process, I am told that there is no cdrom found! > > After some digging, the only answer I have found is the one in Complete FreeBSD > by Greg Lehey that says because I have an ATAPI cdrom that I need to get > outside help. > > So here I am asking...Please help. > > The cdrom is a Hi-Val. I have never had a proble with it otherwise, and it > does boot from the FreeBSD cdrom. > > Thanks for any and all help, > > Brian > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message Hello Brian: Make sure you have the right master/slave setting on you IDE device. If your CD-ROM drive is by itself on an IDE controller, it must be the master. Regards Abbas To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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