From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Sep 14 15:57:07 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6698A16A4BF for ; Sun, 14 Sep 2003 15:57:07 -0700 (PDT) Received: from snipe.mail.pas.earthlink.net (snipe.mail.pas.earthlink.net [207.217.120.62]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B1EBB43F85 for ; Sun, 14 Sep 2003 15:57:06 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dnobles@dnobles.com) Received: from sdn-ap-013dcwashp0038.dialsprint.net ([63.188.128.38] helo=davidscpu.dnobles.com) by snipe.mail.pas.earthlink.net with esmtp (Exim 3.33 #1) id 19yfnj-0007lT-00 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Sun, 14 Sep 2003 15:57:03 -0700 Message-Id: <5.2.0.9.0.20030914143323.00a86ec0@dnobles.com> X-Sender: dnobles@dnobles.com X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 5.2.0.9 Date: Sun, 14 Sep 2003 18:06:57 -0400 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org From: David Nobles Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.1 Subject: Fwd: Re: FreeBSD CDROM Installation X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 14 Sep 2003 22:57:07 -0000 Per David's suggestion, I'm redirecting this question to this list. My FreeBSD CDs are for 3.2. Not sure what additional information might be helpful. > > My old hard drive with Win98 died and I just got a new 40GB for my > > laptop so I decided to install FreeBSD instead . > >Woo hoo! > > > I created the Kernel and MFS floppies per the instructions in my > > book (FreeBSD 3rd edition) and it sets up my partition, asks what > > type of installation I want (selected Novice). I then tell it the > > installation media is CDROM but when it boot it appears to scan the > > CDROM (led flashes) but then boots from the hard drive giving me a > > message that 0:wd(0,a)/kernel is the default and placing me at the > > boot: prompts. > >The sequence of events above doesn't make sense. It sounds as if when >you set your media type it subsequently reboots. It shouldn't be doing >that at all. > >You should redirect this question to the freebsd-questions list, as the >charter of this list prohibits the answering of technical questions. >The only way we can keep FreeBSD's reputation of stability and >robustness is to direct people with technical questions to those who >actually know the answers. > >David Regards, David Nobles http://www.dnobles.com dnobles@dnobles.com dnobles@hushmail.com Please avoid sending me Word or PowerPoint attachments. See http://www.fsf.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html