From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Nov 21 23:45:17 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id XAA12591 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Sat, 21 Nov 1998 23:45:17 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from allegro.lemis.com (allegro.lemis.com [192.109.197.134]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id XAA12584 for ; Sat, 21 Nov 1998 23:45:14 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from grog@freebie.lemis.com) Received: from freebie.lemis.com (freebie.lemis.com [192.109.197.137]) by allegro.lemis.com (8.9.1/8.9.0) with ESMTP id SAA02646; Sun, 22 Nov 1998 18:14:31 +1030 (CST) Received: (from grog@localhost) by freebie.lemis.com (8.9.1/8.9.0) id SAA09511; Sun, 22 Nov 1998 18:14:31 +1030 (CST) Message-ID: <19981122181430.L1005@freebie.lemis.com> Date: Sun, 22 Nov 1998 18:14:30 +1030 From: Greg Lehey To: Thomas Lee , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: help! weird (yet compatible) cdrom error! References: <19981122073615.18650.qmail@hotmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.91.1i In-Reply-To: <19981122073615.18650.qmail@hotmail.com>; from Thomas Lee on Sat, Nov 21, 1998 at 11:36:15PM -0800 WWW-Home-Page: http://www.lemis.com/~grog Organization: LEMIS, PO Box 460, Echunga SA 5153, Australia Phone: +61-8-8388-8286 Fax: +61-8-8388-8725 Mobile: +61-41-739-7062 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Saturday, 21 November 1998 at 23:36:15 -0800, Thomas Lee wrote: > hi! > > i just bought the Complete FreeBSD from walnut creek ($49 4 cd set). > having a problem, FreeBSD detects all my hardware, even > the ones ive had trouble with before (scsi), though i get this weird > error right before installation, that actually prevents me from > installation.. i stick in the cd and run the install.exe. after > selecting my packages, i choose to install them. right then i get an > error that says something like.. > > 'this cdrom is an audio cd, not a freebsd release cd' > > then i cannot install anything. all i can hit is 'ok', then i get a > retry/fail kinda menu. i've had no progress whatsoever, *any* > suggestions you might have on this issue, please tell me, this damned > thing has been bugging me all month, i'm really in need of your > professional help! thanks. I'd suggest you read http://www.lemis.com/questions.html. If you don't supply more information, there's little any of us can do to help. What kind of hardware you have, for example. > Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com You won't be able to reply to me from this address. Our domain blocks direct mail from hotmail, since most of it is spam. Greg -- See complete headers for address, home page and phone numbers finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message