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From: "f.johan.beisser" <jan@caustic.org>
To: Aleksandar Simic <alex@frustum.clara.co.uk>
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Subject: Re: 3.4 CD will *not* boot.
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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
> 
> 
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