Date: Sun, 14 Jul 1996 13:54:53 +0200 (MET DST) From: grog@lemis.de (Greg Lehey) To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.org (FreeBSD Hackers) Subject: ATAPI CD-ROMS (was: help) Message-ID: <199607141154.NAA21845@allegro.lemis.de> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.91.960712233215.829K-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> from "Doug White" at Jul 12, 96 11:32:54 pm
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Doug White writes: > > On Fri, 12 Jul 1996, Erwin Stampfer wrote: > >> BSD is not able to find my CD-ROM Drive. The latter - a Mitsumi FX600 - >> is jumpered as a slave device of the harddisc (same port, same interrupt). >> I do not want to alter the hardware configuration of my computer. Is >> there another possibility. > > . FTP from ftp.freebsd.org or from a local machine, if you're on a net. I'm not. > . Install from a DOS partition. I don't use DOS. I bought this machine specifically for FreeBSD. > . Install from floppies. What's a floppy? And where do I get them from? How much do they cost? (See page 151 of Installing FreeBSD for an answer). > Plenty of choices :) Hobson's choice. Seriously, I think that this area and problems with EIDE disks are the two biggest factors working against the spread of FreeBSD. ATAPI CD-ROMs must account for 70% of installation problems. Soon they'll be standard equipment on all PCs. We need to do something about the situation. Greg
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