From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Sep 26 19:31:43 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id TAA25350 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Sat, 26 Sep 1998 19:31:43 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from dsinw.com (dsinw.com [207.149.40.5]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id TAA25307 for ; Sat, 26 Sep 1998 19:31:28 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from hamellr@dsinw.com) Received: (from hamellr@localhost) by dsinw.com (8.8.8/8.7.3) id TAA14749; Sat, 26 Sep 1998 19:30:29 -0700 (PDT) Date: Sat, 26 Sep 1998 19:30:29 -0700 (PDT) From: rick hamell To: Rich cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Packard Bell CDROM In-Reply-To: <360DA242.3E03@compunetservices.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > I am trying to load FreeBSD on an old Packard Bell 486 model pb420a. > > The problem is that when I try to do the actual download of the FreeBSD > software, I get an error of the CDROM not being found. > > The CDROM is internal, it is either a panasonic CR56X or CR563. > > Do you have any suggestions? Yes, check and see if it's being run off the sound card, or on the motherboard itself. If it's running of the sound card, you'll need to find another CDROM, or load it across a network. (Packard bell sounds cards are notorious about only running under windows with VERY specific drivers.) Rick To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message