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Date:      Sat, 17 Jan 1998 22:11:17 -0800 (PST)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
To:        Gert Nielsen <gert@bizarre.mira.dk>
Cc:        "'freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG'" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: NEC 222 & FreeBSD 2.2.1-RELEASE
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.980117220950.6065X-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <01BD22F8.18167280@hookturn>

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On Sat, 17 Jan 1998, Gert Nielsen wrote:

> I'm a new comer to the world af FreeBSD, and I'm stil not to confident
> when I'm to install a FreeBSD. 

BTW, 2.2.1 is old; I'd suggest finding a copy of 2.2.5 to install.

> But until a few hours ago I have never had any real trouble installing
> FreeBSD, but when I began to install FreeBSD on the actual server it is
> to run on, there was a problem i can't figure out. 
> 
> I'm using a NEC 222 (scsi id 5, 4x speed) 3.0i, ASUS P/I-P55T2P4, Intel
> 150MHz CPU, Adaptec 1542CF, Seagate Medalist 1080MB (scsi id 0), Quantum
> Grand prix 4GB (scsi id1), Matrox Mill. 2MB, 3CCOM 590 NIC, Soundblaster
> 16 PNP, 32 MB RAM (EDO) and FreeBSD 2.2.1-RELEASE

Equipment checks out, the SB 16 might take some massaging but otherwise a
pretty standard installation.

> After FreeBSD has waited for "scsi bus reseting" it detects the Seagate,
> then the Quantum, then it detects the cdrom drive. The 2 linies look
> like this: 
> 
> (aha0:5:): "NEC CD-ROM DRIVE:222 3.0i" type 5 removeble SCSI 2
> cd0(aha0:5:0:): CD-ROM Can't get the size

Put the CDROM in the drive, *then* boot.

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major





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