Date: Sun, 4 May 1997 22:48:13 -0800 (AKDT) From: Steve Howe <un_x@anchorage.net> To: Bryan Liesner <bleez@netaxs.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: CDROM installation problems Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.95q.970504224623.555C-100000@aak.anchorage.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.95q.970505012938.170A-100000@localhost>
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On Mon, 5 May 1997, Bryan Liesner wrote:
just copy them off the CDROM into /usr/packages/All
/INDEX /*.tgz's
then use /stand/sysinstall. works for me. (if all else fails).
> I recently got tired of installing my system via ftp, so I broke down
> and subscribed to the CDROM distribution. When it arrived, I tore open
> the box and installed 2.2.1 over 2.2. The installation went flawlessly,
> as usual (for me anyway). After rebuilding the kernel, I decided to
> check out some of the packages. Initially, sysinstall refused to mount
> the cdrom drive, but after a few tries it did mount. I was able to
> install some of the packages, but only one at a time. After installing
> one package and going for another I got this error:
>
> matcd0: Illegal data mode for this track while reading block xxxxxxx
>
> OK, so I used pkg_add and tried to install manually. Same problem.
> Also, if I tried to install a package with dependencies on other packages,
> the first package would install, and then it would bomb out with the above
> error, when pkg_add went for the next file.
>
> I'm using a Matshushita CR563 CDROM drive attached to a SB16 card.
> I never had problems reading other cdroms. This problem is also
> occurring with the live file system CD that was sent along with the
> install CD.
>
> Anyone have a similar problem? Is my drive hosed? Is there a problem
> with the matcd driver?
>
>
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