From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Sep 28 23:27:15 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 8BD2516A417 for ; Fri, 28 Sep 2007 23:27:15 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from aryeh.friedman@gmail.com) Received: from py-out-1112.google.com (py-out-1112.google.com [64.233.166.181]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3B72613C43E for ; Fri, 28 Sep 2007 23:27:14 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from aryeh.friedman@gmail.com) Received: by py-out-1112.google.com with SMTP id u77so5722301pyb for ; Fri, 28 Sep 2007 16:27:14 -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=xYvnZGsuo8kKdUeoq6tRN2TjwM5BmuF4dnns+w1pTKI=; b=TVNx+cORkVh3B9uMxOWuB1jjjJf6SAElFb1WU2srLxySbn7Mit8B9lnPARpE5e8Poa8gMzhbaL+TyDvcDVHoMu99odlkVxT4ZlEC4ueydhsUXfb+PHoedjEohnXZ+0SPB7gHkYWfa6A00vi8+TetOZlnIIii7IOw+uLCACxvf88= 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=J5D6/gKXffjnfldxvkdyB/Df9PB8qC8J7is0VzJu/hdbrYoGb+7/4V0DYSK9YCKc5bSV9V42YlX6UdilYVydLOn1gSrvq8wa9pKcp5ti4bMesxM5nPmawGZhTBY0DH0h6eF0/rV6g5SAIG+Dm8iDncTYDo7if/xtenNCx8RWA+Q= Received: by 10.65.214.2 with SMTP id r2mr8867752qbq.1191022033638; Fri, 28 Sep 2007 16:27:13 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.65.105.2 with HTTP; Fri, 28 Sep 2007 16:27:13 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2007 23:27:13 +0000 From: "Aryeh Friedman" To: "=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Fernando_Apestegu=EDa?=" In-Reply-To: <1bd550a00709281612p1146fa24s4944551c449fbb7a@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> <1bd550a00709281612p1146fa24s4944551c449fbb7a@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 23:27:15 -0000 Depends on the distro (some have broken drivers in the install some don't... no matter what you will probally want to look at doing a cvsup upgrade to a newer version once you have installed it [see the handbook for details]). --Aryeh On 9/28/07, Fernando Apestegu=EDa wrote: > 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 th= e > > > 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 the= n > > > 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@freeb= sd.org" > > > > > >