Date: Sun, 8 Jul 2001 14:31:01 -0400 (EDT) From: Joe Clarke <marcus@marcuscom.com> To: Duke Normandin <01031149@3web.net> Cc: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: 4.3 iso installation image issues Message-ID: <20010708142925.L80257-100000@shumai.marcuscom.com> In-Reply-To: <20010708054455.A245319@mandy.rockingd.calgary.ab.ca>
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Could be a problem with the changer. I have never used a CD changer with FreeBSD. All my machines with ATAPI CD-ROMs mount without a problem. Do you have another machine that you can mount the CD, and use either dd (UNIX) or fdimage (DOS/Windows) to write out the boot floppies? If so, you have find 4.2 has better support for your changer. Joe Clarke On Sun, 8 Jul 2001, Duke Normandin wrote: > On Sun, Jul 08, 2001 at 12:16:35AM -0400, Joe Clarke wrote: > > El Torrito, if memory serves me, is a chain of Mexican restaurants. The > > El Torrito boot extensions for CDs were thought up there (or just named > > after it). El Torrito isn't a CD format per se. They're extensions for > > making a ISO-9660 CD bootable. > > Ok, thanks! Now I know.... > > > That said, you may have a problem booting off of CD on a 486. You should > > be able to mount the CD with a command like: > > > > mount -t cd9660 /dev/acd0c /cdrom > > > > Just replace acd0c with whatever your CD device is. If you have an entry > > in /etc/fstab, you could also just do "mount /cdrom" (or whatever your CD > > mountpoint is). After that, you could dd the floppy images to floppies, > > and boot that way. > > Paraphrasing /var/run/dmesg.boot I have: > > wdc1 -> HDD Controller #2 > |___ acd0 NEC (ATAPI) CD-ROM drive slot0 > |___ acd1 slot1 > |___ acd2 slot2 > |___ acd3 slot3 > > Paraphrasing /etc/fstab I have: > > /dev/acd0c -> /cdrom > /dev/acd1c -> /cdrom1 > /dev/acd2c -> /cdrom2 > /dev/acd3c -> /cdrom3 > > Yet when I did a 'mount /cdrom' the system went into a coma ;) I couldn't > get nothing out of the keyboard. I tried ^C; ^D; ^Z and anything else > that I could think of, but to no avail. I had to turn the power off -- > yuk! BTW, /dev does have the above devices. So I thought it was because > of the El Torrito thing ;) Any ideas? TIA... > -- > -duke > Calgary, Alberta, Canada > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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