From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Sep 28 23:12:37 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 C5C3616A417 for ; Fri, 28 Sep 2007 23:12:37 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fernando.apesteguia@gmail.com) Received: from nf-out-0910.google.com (nf-out-0910.google.com [64.233.182.185]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5109713C45D for ; Fri, 28 Sep 2007 23:12:37 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fernando.apesteguia@gmail.com) Received: by nf-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id b2so2368066nfb for ; Fri, 28 Sep 2007 16:12:36 -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=5r2hxs3kQBTIUrwDnDyZB3bWxuZAFibpwSmXKIaCGTY=; b=O9zxu31xetmt3T3WHUqp/GU8yRJ/C+U0ieeRSt6ys8Mbxan1xKvz0uMtWgSaZVSUMOX2r8l0TpOXq7ArbPTzIXpzoBlooNrUz6cWFzpf9d3jNhwImk7YpFk8mStEReJ6Lo+VjYtfh2OMNyek137iSD6wqbqqvK2ColuKlNhNnpM= 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=TFeP5VtxGUJjF9MRr709K/fyBmON8YrEZGJ9hlg5Fhnbl5L4qRIpXRgRSDx6Xz/T9SgZu1+YdEb28Zpx54Zbtj8ySQR03ZXuGnBL0MudswWYxJ0iGzRAyzyL/I1Y5lGw5dBf5XL2re8dNl3ZFa95QtCCYBugS3wQuTiAxPV5HwA= Received: by 10.114.126.1 with SMTP id y1mr737513wac.1191021154550; Fri, 28 Sep 2007 16:12:34 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.114.27.4 with HTTP; Fri, 28 Sep 2007 16:12:34 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <1bd550a00709281612p1146fa24s4944551c449fbb7a@mail.gmail.com> Date: Sat, 29 Sep 2007 01:12:34 +0200 From: "=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Fernando_Apestegu=EDa?=" To: "Aryeh Friedman" In-Reply-To: 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 23:12:37 -0000 On 9/29/07, Aryeh Friedman wrote: > 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. OK, But after the installation, will FreeBSD detect my DVD drive? Cheers > > --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= .org" > > >