Date: Fri, 4 Apr 1997 13:28:24 -0700 (MST) From: Wes Peters - Softweyr LLC <softweyr@xmission.com> To: selfg@primenet.com (George R. Self) Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Install Help Message-ID: <199704042028.NAA29050@xmission.xmission.com> In-Reply-To: <01BC40B3.C3EDDA80@ip155.fhu.primenet.com> from "George R. Self" at Apr 4, 97 04:50:47 am
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George recently opined:
> I'm an old, die-hard DOS user, but have recently found the need to
> learn UNIX. I choose FreeBSD after a search though several FAQS and
> such because it seemed to be what I needed.
Good choice. ;^)
I suspect you're probably using a DOS (or Windows) based Email program.
Please setup your mailer to format your messages into 72- or 80-column
text so those of us with UNIX mailers can read them, OK? (You'll join
us soon enough)
> I own a Mitsumi FX001D controlled by a Sound Blaster card rather than a
> separate controller. From what I read, it seems that FreeBSD cannot get
> through the Soundblaster to control the CD Drive.
Try booting from the floppy with the -c option. Turn off all of the
devices you don't have, and enable the mcd driver. Set the driver settings
to match your Soundblaster - you must set the card for 'no DRQ' if I
remeber correctly.
If that doesn't work, you probably can't use your FX001D. Mine died
a few months ago, or I'd just send you my adapter card. (I dropped
a computer on the interface card and broke it. Sigh.)
> Of course, I suppose I could always buy a new CD Drive, but that would
> be an expensive proposition just to load a "free" OS.
Not *that* expensive; my local (wholesale) distributor sells 12X IDE
CD-ROMS for $83. Shop around and stay out of chain stores like
Computer City.
As an alternative, the local Future Shop chain store has some 4x IDE
CD-ROMS they bought to clear out at $69; try them if you have a Future
Shop nearby. (I didn't see your domain, so I don't have any idea where
you are.)
--
"Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?"
Wes Peters Softweyr LLC
http://www.xmission.com/~softweyr softweyr@xmission.com
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