From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Aug 25 14:56:15 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from 2711.dynacom.net (2711.dynacom.net [206.107.213.3]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8713137B42C for ; Fri, 25 Aug 2000 14:56:09 -0700 (PDT) Received: from urx.com (dsl1-160.dynacom.net [206.159.132.160]) by 2711.dynacom.net (Build 101 8.9.3/NT-8.9.3) with ESMTP id OAA00562; Fri, 25 Aug 2000 14:56:07 -0700 Message-ID: <39A6EB76.76BA5A49@urx.com> Date: Fri, 25 Aug 2000 14:56:06 -0700 From: Kent Stewart Reply-To: kstewart@urx.com Organization: Dynacom X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.74 [en] (Windows NT 5.0; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: evelio Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: On install Cdrom won't mount References: <3.0.6.32.20000825175000.007a1680@127.0.0.1> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG evelio wrote: > > Hi > > I just recently bought FreeBSD 4.0. I am using a Packard Bell, Axcel 3520 > with 16 ram and 100 mhz ( Intel Pentium )I can boot up from the CDROM > without a problem > > However during the install of FreeBSD towards the end when I need the CDROM > to copy files it does not find the CDROM. > > The only thing I can tell you about the CDROM is that it is quad speed. > > Is there some configuration I need to do or should I get a newer CDROM. A frequent error was mounting the CDROM on the secondary IDE controller as a slave. That was an error if it was the only device. You can tell from the boot if it is an master or a slave device. If is mis-jumpered, you will have to move one of the berg-jumpers on the back of the CDROM from the sl[ave] to the ma[ster] position. Kent > > Evelio > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- Kent Stewart Richland, WA mailto:kbstew99@hotmail.com http://kstewart.urx.com/kstewart/index.html FreeBSD News http://daily.daemonnews.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message