Date: Mon, 29 Jul 1996 13:13:04 +0000 (GMT) From: Gabor Zahemszky <zgabor@CoDe.hu> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: oceans@nfld.com Subject: Re: FreeBSD Installation Message-ID: <199607291313.NAA02921@CoDe.CoDe.hu> In-Reply-To: <31F6DB89.4184@public.compusult.nf.ca> from "OCEANS Ltd." at Jul 24, 96 07:27:21 pm
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> > Hi, > > I am having some trouble installing FreeBSD 2.1. One of two problems > prevents me from completing the installation. .... > The other problem is that the installation procedures cannot find > the CDROM drive. I watch the boot process for BSD and I can see > where the CD is detected but after going through the menu > selections under 'novice' the install process reports that no > cdrom has been installed. I have tried a Hitachi 4X IDE, a Sony > CDU33A on its own proprietary card and the Sony using the CD > interface on a Zoltrix sound card. I have even used the '-c' > boot option to explicitly tell BSD where the CD is located. It > still reports that a CD cannot be found after it reports the > device during boot and selecting the novice installation. I don't know what did you make wrong, but the Sony CD is OK, I've installed from that type of CD. (And use it from that time.) -- Gabor Zahemszky <zgabor@CoDe.hu> -:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:- Earth is the cradle of human sense, but you can't stay in the cradle forever. Tsiolkovsky
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