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Date:      Mon, 19 Jan 1998 10:50:06 -0800
From:      dbsmall@ttl.pactel.com
To:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   FreeBSD 2.2.2 Install, ATAPI CDROM, EIDE HD
Message-ID:  <35EF0B8572DACF11B5BA080009CB86B840E8A2@exchange.ttl.pactel.com>

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I'm making progress installing FreeBSD.

I've found that, even when using the atapi floppy installation method, I
can't install from my Toshiba ATAPI CDROM...it locks up (after it
identifies my cdrom as wd1, which is incorrect, anyway)

If I using the install/reconfiguration utility, I can remove wd1 from
the available storage devices, and the install goes a little further
(going to the menu-driven utility).

But then it can't find the CDROM.

I tried telling the kernel config that my CDROM has the same parameters
(I/O, IRQ, etc.) as wd1, and removing wd1.  It still can't see my CDROM
drive.

Perhaps my drive is not supported.  (If that's the case, I'll have to
install from an existing partition, I guess...)

How can I find out if my drive is supported
(and if FreeBSD 2.2.2 now supports EIDE drives beyond sector 1024)

-David

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David B. Small
Telesis Technologies Laboratory
http://www.ttl.pactel.com/~dbsmall





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