Date: 06 Feb 2003 11:02:18 -0500 From: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.no-ip.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Unable to boot 5.0-R CD error Message-ID: <44smv1mm7p.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> In-Reply-To: <20030206094607.W68795@www.gotbrains.org> References: <20030205074909.Y92155@www.gotbrains.org> <44y94tmnqe.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> <20030206094607.W68795@www.gotbrains.org>
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Stephen Cravey <cravey@gotbrains.org> writes: > So is there a known problem that nobody is going to fix or are you just > trying to get me installed in the interim? I've already done the floppy > install. What I'm trying to do is see if anyone is aware of the problem > before I submit a PR. I have no idea if it's a known problem. However, there was no way to tell from what you posted. It wasn't clear if the floppy install *would* work, it wasn't clear if the CD drive worked with production- quality releases of FreeBSD, and I don't use 5.0 myself yet, so I wasn't comfortable going into detail. You really need to take problems with 5.x to the -current mailing list before posting a PR. > -Stephen > > On Thu, 6 Feb 2003, Lowell Gilbert wrote: > > > Stephen Cravey <cravey@gotbrains.org> writes: > > > > > I'm getting an error when trying to boot any of the 5.0-RELEASE cd's > > > something like: > > > > > > CD Loader 1.01 > > > Building txxx boot loader arguments > > > Could not find primary volume descriptor > > > > > > > > > and then it dies there. txxx is illegible in my notes, but somehow I don't > > > think that is significant. When booting from floppy, I have to install > > > additional drivers from the driver floppy to be able to install from CD. > > > > > > The device line from dmesg after installation is: > > > > > > acd0: CDROM <GCD-R580B> at ata1-master PIO3 > > > > > > I have a vague recollection of a problem similar to this sometime in the > > > 4.x tree, but specifics totally escape me. > > > > If you can boot from floppy, do that. > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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