From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Aug 30 01:40:16 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id BAA08749 for questions-outgoing; Sat, 30 Aug 1997 01:40:16 -0700 (PDT) Received: from dns.kuniv.edu.kw (dns.kuniv.edu.kw [139.141.199.3]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with SMTP id BAA08662 for ; Sat, 30 Aug 1997 01:39:59 -0700 (PDT) Received: from kuc01.kuniv.edu.kw by dns.kuniv.edu.kw with SMTP (1.38.193.5/16.2) id AA29895; Sat, 30 Aug 1997 12:01:11 +0300 Date: Sat, 30 Aug 1997 11:28:53 -0300 Message-Id: <97083011285368@kuc01.kuniv.edu.kw> From: me95111075@kuc01.kuniv.edu.kw (KHALID .H MATAR) To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: ide cd-rom driver (help neede it ) X-Vms-To: SMTP%"freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG" Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Date sent: 30-AUG-1997 11:30:31 HI i have been trying to install freebsd for the last 3 weeks i trayed everything and it couldent work my praplem was alwaywys in the medei section and becoues my cd-rom was not suported as it revers in the book | instaling and running freebsd | by greg lehey == page 26 --- the anser to my proalem and my unsoprted cd-rom is to used a boot from a flopy and that i need a defrent boot disk from the file ATAPI.FLP i couldent find that file in the 2 cd-rom set nither in the ftp site the book refer that it is still in the alpha test i was wandring if i can get that file and test it on my machin to see if it will work or not the is my last attepet to anstall freebsd i hope you help in this praplem and if you can not would you pleas forwared it to any one of the frebsd team that can help in this ps:/ i have to install using an ms-dos partsion but it had ather praplems to thank for the time ----------------------------------------------------- khalid matar --- me95111075@kuc01.kuniv.edu.kw -----------------------------------------------------