From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Sep 28 23:10:07 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C342616A419 for ; Fri, 28 Sep 2007 23:10:07 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from aryeh.friedman@gmail.com) Received: from py-out-1112.google.com (py-out-1112.google.com [64.233.166.176]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 72ACE13C4B5 for ; Fri, 28 Sep 2007 23:10:07 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from aryeh.friedman@gmail.com) Received: by py-out-1112.google.com with SMTP id u77so5715977pyb for ; Fri, 28 Sep 2007 16:10:06 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; bh=amRxH1tdokwgChvPbH1iHocUIyVEdLSU2B77iX/ydrk=; b=uO07OYSG4ybA80wUm7tKcvj1lXSFWWfjyG28UANEkGfVDRKvRin1cRTGFz1zWx2VovjHj5iQkRR5E5jy5i3Tka+vnkGozyrM+hWavbwK+BV/EBIY8kKvkfHBn4N/+N1x50xKahf8TeWKiArwZA+Ojkyydc8iipqnYfuQEKrVu4k= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=gT+dFCJYL+4kAYvEcoWOmp26S1Mxo4laktMzXfM+cHrua4XJTLzLmCAqfRHnW54d0iUT1947W11qeTc+VHlzBN96F9cTo9mxKS810DiVgkTnmFp9KixguXGjX6Dax6JdIqmWysqUocYJSrZjd88vlUZUxKKL9HtVva5KmEETd4A= Received: by 10.65.233.16 with SMTP id k16mr8946582qbr.1191021006113; Fri, 28 Sep 2007 16:10:06 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.65.105.2 with HTTP; Fri, 28 Sep 2007 16:10:06 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2007 23:10:06 +0000 From: "Aryeh Friedman" To: "=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Fernando_Apestegu=EDa?=" In-Reply-To: <1bd550a00709281558j1c1e9d91u79aa313e924a7dae@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline References: <1bd550a00709281558j1c1e9d91u79aa313e924a7dae@mail.gmail.com> Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List Subject: Re: Install problems with CD X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2007 23:10:07 -0000 If I remember right this is a known issue with some older distro CD's (the boot code doesn't need any kind of software driver for the CD but the install code does)... I suggest either using a newer version like 6.2 or using the install from network option for install medium. --Aryeh On 9/28/07, Fernando Apestegu=EDa wrote: > Hi all, > > This is my very first post in this list, so I beg for your patience :) > > I'm trying to install FreeBSD 6.1 on an IBM Netfinity 5000. I have the > two CD's set. > The machine uses a IDE DVD drive, and 5 SCSI disks. > > I boot the machine and the CD starts to boot. I select the FreeBSD > normal booting. Everything seems to be fine. I can see the messages > about the detected devices (BIOS CDROM is cd0 and so on...) > > I start the installation, The disks are detected, I set up my > partitions and then I select the CD/DVD media installation... and then > I get a No CD/DVD drive is present. > > The drive is working in terms of hardware (I can run several live CD > linux distros for example) and then access the CD as usual. How is it > possible that after booting with FreeBSD the sysinstall (?) program > doesn't detect the cd? > > Thanks in advance > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.o= rg" >