From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Dec 17 04:55:10 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 78C9316A4CE for ; Fri, 17 Dec 2004 04:55:10 +0000 (GMT) Received: from smtp814.mail.sc5.yahoo.com (smtp814.mail.sc5.yahoo.com [66.163.170.84]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 1F14F43D39 for ; Fri, 17 Dec 2004 04:55:10 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from bryanponder@sbcglobal.net) Received: from unknown (HELO ?4.226.27.4?) (bryanponder@sbcglobal.net@4.226.27.4 with login) by smtp814.mail.sc5.yahoo.com with SMTP; 17 Dec 2004 04:55:07 -0000 Received: from 127.0.0.1 (AVG SMTP 7.0.296 [265.5.4]); Thu, 16 Dec 2004 22:43:13 -0600 From: "Bryan" To: Date: Thu, 16 Dec 2004 22:43:13 -0600 Message-ID: <000001c4e3f2$eb057250$0202a8c0@bryan> X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook, Build 10.0.2616 Importance: Normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1441 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Subject: Install Problems X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 17 Dec 2004 04:55:10 -0000 During the install for 5.2.1 or 5.3 Release, immediately after I select my installation means, I'm given the error "Error mounting /dev/acd0 on /dist: Input/output error (5)" after which I'm told "unable to initialize selected media. Would you like to adjust your media configuration and try again?". I copied the above from a post I found searching google. This is the exact problem I have. I have tried a different cdrom and another hard drive with no differences. I previously had 5.2.1 installed on this same computer. Now I can't even get that version to install. I've tried new ribbon cables, swapping from primary master to secondary. I've checked the bios a dozen times. Everything looks normal. What am I missing? Thanks for the time Bryan -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.296 / Virus Database: 265.5.4 - Release Date: 12/15/2004