Date: Tue, 8 Feb 2000 13:03:56 -0800 (PST) From: "f.johan.beisser" <jan@caustic.org> To: Aleksandar Simic <alex@frustum.clara.co.uk> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 3.4 CD will *not* boot. Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0002081255510.24496-100000@pogo.caustic.org> In-Reply-To: <20000208202908.B673@frustum.clara.co.uk>
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the second CD, if i remember correctly, is for alpha CPUs. unless you're using an alpha box, you'll have to make boot floppies, and boot from them to the first cd. -- jan On Tue, 8 Feb 2000, Aleksandar Simic wrote: > > Hello, > > > Just received 3.4 on CD. But when I tried installing it by booting > from the first CD, the CD just wouldn't boot. Although I could boot of > the second CD. > > > -How safe would it be to install from the second CD ? Would I miss > some features that are only found on the first CD ? > > > My CD drive is Creative Labs: > > [dmesg output] > cd0: drive speed 687 - 5507KB/sec, 512KB cache > acd0: supported read types: CD-R, CD-RW, CD-DA, packet track > acd0: Audio: play, 255 volume levels > acd0: Mechanism: ejectable tray > acd0: Medium: no/blank disc inside, unlocked > > [kernel options] > options ATAPI #Enable ATAPI support for IDE bus > options ATAPI_STATIC #Don't do it as an LKM > device acd0 #IDE CD-ROM > > I have installed previous releases of FreeBSD on this drive without > any problems. > > Thank you > > -Alex > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > +-----/ f. johan beisser /------------------------------+ email: jan[at]caustic.org web: http://www.caustic.org/~jan "knowledge is power. power corrupts. study hard, be evil." To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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