From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Feb 6 07:29:03 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id HAA19408 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Sat, 6 Feb 1999 07:29:03 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from smtp01.wxs.nl (smtp01.wxs.nl [195.121.6.61]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id HAA19403 for ; Sat, 6 Feb 1999 07:29:01 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from asmodai@wxs.nl) Received: from daemon.ninth-circle.org ([195.121.56.60]) by smtp01.wxs.nl (Netscape Messaging Server 3.61) with ESMTP id AAA4882; Sat, 6 Feb 1999 16:28:59 +0100 Message-ID: X-Mailer: XFMail 1.3 [p0] on FreeBSD X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Date: Sat, 06 Feb 1999 16:37:52 +0100 (CET) Organization: Ninth Circle Enterprises From: Jeroen Ruigrok/Asmodai To: "Peter P." Subject: RE: CDROM Installation prob. Cc: FreeBSD Questions Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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 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 *BSD: Powered by Knowledge & Know-how To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message