From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Mar 25 23:15:49 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id XAA16404 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 25 Mar 1996 23:15:49 -0800 (PST) Received: from riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu (cisco-ts9-line4.uoregon.edu [128.223.150.85]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id XAA16397 for ; Mon, 25 Mar 1996 23:15:46 -0800 (PST) Received: (from dwhite@localhost) by riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu (8.6.12/8.6.12) id XAA00340; Mon, 25 Mar 1996 23:16:19 -0800 Date: Mon, 25 Mar 1996 23:16:18 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White Reply-To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu To: MansurKhan@aol.com cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Installation In-Reply-To: <960325204211_361621847@emout05.mail.aol.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Mon, 25 Mar 1996 MansurKhan@aol.com wrote: > i) I have a NEC CDRom that seems to be visible during Bootup, I can see the > message wdc0 NEC 7206 (or something like that) but if I try use it as the > install media the install program just says "no CDRom found" . If it really > is not supported is there any thing I can do? Are you sure it was probed? wdc0 is the IDE controller. wcd0 is what you want. Did you use atapi.flp for the boot floppy image? > ii) after a minimal installation from DOS (with errors cause I did 'Novice' > but all the files were not on the DOS drive) when I go to boot up, the system > asks for "F1 - DOS or F5 - Disk 2". When I say F5 it just sits there and > does not do anything. The geometry on your second disk was detected or set wrong. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major