Date: Mon, 2 Oct 2000 11:03:24 -0500 From: "Charlie Schloemer" <charlie@infoworks.net> To: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>, "spencer" <spencedavey@home.com> Subject: Re: help with cd-rom boot and install, strange problem Message-ID: <200010021602.LAA22188@smtp.intop.net> In-Reply-To: <003101c02c11$2ae21660$e5e80c18@spokn1.wa.home.com>
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On 1 Oct 00, at 18:35, spencer wrote: > I'm trying to install FreeBSD 4.0 on my computer which has a Compaq 2x dvd > drive/20x cdrom. The bios supports booting from the cd-rom, but when it > tries to boot from the cd I get this message: > > "boot from atapi cd-rom -failure" > "No /boot/loader" > > At first I thought FreeBSD just didn't support the drive, but then when I > made the boot floppies, and booted up that way, when it loaded the kernel, > it did detect the drive. But it won't let me install from it. What gives? Forgive me for asking the obvious, but... is it Disc #1 in the drive? Not all discs in the set are bootable, I think. That the error message references /boot/loader leads me to believe your BIOS is getting that error message of the boot blocks of that CD. -charlie To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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