Date: Sat, 06 Feb 1999 16:37:52 +0100 (CET) From: Jeroen Ruigrok/Asmodai <asmodai@wxs.nl> To: "Peter P." <ppawlacz@UWinnipeg.ca> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: CDROM Installation prob. Message-ID: <XFMail.990206163752.asmodai@wxs.nl> In-Reply-To: <Pine.OSF.3.95.990205171637.3726A-100000@io.uwinnipeg.ca>
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On 05-Feb-99 Peter P. wrote: > Here's my problem, I got the boot floppy, starts ok. I partiton my drive, > ok. The it comes to finding the source where to install from. I select > cdrom, but all i get is an detect error. > > Now I'm trying to pass some options at the boot: prompt, but not sure > what > I'm supposed to type. I tried the following: > > 1:wdc(0,a)-C > 1:wd(2,a) -C > 1:mcd(0,a) > > I get > > Can't find <the above tries> > > The cdrom is a generic ATAPI drive (Linux had it as CDR-S1G). Tried swithing it around on the IDE busses? I know of some reported bug with bus #2 having problem when using the CD-ROM. So ye might want to hook it into slave mode on Bus #1. Let us know... --- Jeroen Ruigrok van der Werven join #FreeBSD on Undernet asmodai(at)wxs.nl Time is merely a residue of Reality... Network/Security Specialist <http://home.wxs.nl/~asmodai>; *BSD: Powered by Knowledge & Know-how <http://www.freebsd.org>; To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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