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Date:      Sun, 23 Nov 2008 23:09:37 +0100 (CET)
From:      Wojciech Puchar <wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl>
To:        Dan Champagne <champagne_dan@yahoo.ca>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Help with install, Have checked forum
Message-ID:  <20081123230919.I3315@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl>
In-Reply-To: <855676.23866.qm@web53209.mail.re2.yahoo.com>
References:  <855676.23866.qm@web53209.mail.re2.yahoo.com>

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try pressing 6 at boot loader menu and then

set hw.ata.atapi_dma=0
boot



On Sun, 23 Nov 2008, Dan Champagne wrote:

> Hello, I have been using the forums, google, your documents, and any other source to try and get freeBSD 7.0 installed on my system, i have tried the rearranging the IDE, DVDRom, Im using the ISO from your site, I get through some of the install, I keep getting a geometry error and let freebsd fix it, then i get a really crappy error when i think its going to actually mount and install the files,
>
> Error mounting /dev/acd0 on /dist: Input/Output eror (5)
>
> Any help would be appreciated, because now im at a friends sending this email, because I now have no OS.  I have a 1.78Ghz celeron single core, 2gb ram, 160 Western Digital IDE HDD, PCI graphics(onboard disabled) and a DVD/CD burner
>
> Thanks Dan.
>
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