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Date:      Wed, 5 May 1999 15:04:22 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>
To:        Andreas Zymny <anzy@du.gtn.com>
Cc:        FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: CD-ROM DRIVE not ready
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.03.9905051504110.24610-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9905051329430.3350-100000@anzy.du.gtn.com>

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On Wed, 5 May 1999, Andreas Zymny wrote:

> I had built an kernel with support for the amd scsi chipset, and saved it
> on the kernel floppy too boot and install FreeBSD 3.1.
> 
> The Tekram DC 390 controller is detected by the kernel, and the cd-writer,
> the cd-rom, the zip drive and the harddisk are connected too.
> 
> But the kernel prints out when detecting the size of the inserted medium,
> that the cd-rom drive isn't ready yet, and when I'm ready to install
> FreeBSD from cd-rom, the installation program tells me, that there is no
> cd-rom found!
> 
> Do you have any idea, what I can do, to install FreeBSD from cd-rom?

Put the CD in before booting.

Doug White                               
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve
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