Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2004 21:09:03 +0100 From: David Armstrong <david.armstrong@tiscali.de> To: Daniela <dgw@liwest.at> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: CD Not Recognized after initial screen at install Message-ID: <4006F35F.8080402@tiscali.de> In-Reply-To: <200401152032.01744.dgw@liwest.at> References: <4006B0EE.5040205@tiscali.de> <200401152032.01744.dgw@liwest.at>
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I've only got the one drive in their. I think there is a setup issue with the drive. The message MODE_SENSE_BIG timeout occurs on acd0 when the installation program starts. Does this ring any bells with anyone? Thanks for the help so far. Dave Daniela wrote: >On Thursday 15 January 2004 15:25, David Armstrong wrote: > > >>Hi FreeBSD Folks, >> >>I'm installing FreeBSD and, although the installation can boot from the >>CD, when I select a CD/DVD as the installation source, it says it can't >>find the CD. Obviously, the BIOS can read the CD because it booted from >>it, but apparently FreeBSD seems to be unable to see it. >> >> > >I had this too. In my case there were 2 drives and they were swapped, i.e. the >first one was acd1, and the second one acd0. >I tried for several hours with both drives and had already started to pull my >hair out when I found the solution. > >Daniela > > > > >
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