From owner-freebsd-stable Mon May 10 9:12:49 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from paprika.michvhf.com (paprika.michvhf.com [209.57.60.12]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id CC0BE14C9C for ; Mon, 10 May 1999 09:12:43 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from vev@michvhf.com) Received: (qmail 12256 invoked by uid 1001); 10 May 1999 16:12:46 -0000 Date: Mon, 10 May 1999 12:12:46 -0400 (EDT) From: Vince Vielhaber To: Greg Quinlan Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 40 x, ATAPI CD-ROM, not detected! In-Reply-To: <011901be9af7$6b8301e0$380051c2@greg.qmpgmc.ac.uk> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Mon, 10 May 1999, Greg Quinlan wrote: > I have a friend in Australia that is trying to install > 3.1-Release from CD has the following problem: > > 1. Boots using the BIOS option "first boot device CD-ROM drive" > 2. Boots from CD OK but after going through the normal installation > options... and selecting the media as CD-ROM the system comes back with > CD-ROM not found!!! > > He has tried everything including booting from floppies! > Standing on his head! And turning the machine upside-down! > :) > > Anyone had this problem... I have not seen it before, but I do not have any > 40 x ATAPI CD-ROMs! The only time I've encountered that I had the CD connected as the slave with no master - which is an illegal configuration. Vince. -- ========================================================================== Vince Vielhaber -- KA8CSH email: vev@michvhf.com flame-mail: /dev/null # include TEAM-OS2 Online Campground Directory http://www.camping-usa.com Online Giftshop Superstore http://www.cloudninegifts.com ========================================================================== To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message