Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2001 20:17:35 -0400 From: S Lafredo <slafredo@fast.net> To: "Robert L Sowders" <rsowders@usgs.gov> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Installing FreeBSD using floppies (long) Message-ID: <200106290017.UAA25803@post3.fast.net> In-Reply-To: <OF2FC2ECAB.731B2F2D-ON88256A79.00191B90@wr.usgs.gov>
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On Thursday, June 28, 2001, at 02:21 AM, Robert L Sowders wrote: > Has the cdrom ever been able to boot anything? If not check your bios > config to see if it is an option as a boot device. Yes, it can boot Windows CDs and the restore CD. > In the past the to boot from a freebsd cd, the cd had to be a slave on > the > primary IDE channel. Don't know if this is still the case. Cannot do this. > You should not have to remove anything from the default kernel to get > the > machine up and running. Are you getting to the sysinstall installation > screen? Yes, this is where I see the conflicts. > The install has to get to the sysinstall screens before it even tries > to access the cdrom. > > Don't configure the kernel, and while it is loading the kernel, watch > for > atapci0 and acd0, the acd0 or acd1 will be your cdrom. If you see this > then the kernel saw your cdrom. OK, it looks like it saw the CD-ROM... atapci0: <intel PIIX3 ATA controller> port )xfe80-0xfe8f at device 8.1 on pci0 ata0: at 0x1f0 irq 14 atapci0 ata0: at 0x170 irq 15 atapci0 > If you have internet access you don't need the cd anyway, you can > install > via ftp, if you can get to the sysinstall screens. On the main screen > choose "Standard" and it will walk you through the rest. I tried Standard. In fact I re-imaged the kern disk. Booted the kernal, hit return at the first screen and what I have written next happens. <snip> > ahc0: <Adaptec 2940 Ultra SCSI adapter> port 0x1200-0x12ff mem > 0x8000000-0x8000fff irq 11 at device 12.0 on pci0 > aic7880: Single Channel A, SCSI Id=7, 16/255 SCBs > pci0: <ATI Mach64-GT graphics accelerator> at 19.0 <cursor sits here> This information is displayed the floppy light is lit but I do not hear it or the CD being accessed and then nothing else happens? Thanks. S To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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