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From: "Ron Smith" <ronnetron@hotmail.com>
To: hexomedine@ifrance.com, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: Problem installation FreeBSD 4.2 from CDROM
Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2001 13:54:44 -0800
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Can you burn the "floppy" images from the CD and use those to boot with?

Ron Smith

>From: "Hexo" <hexomedine@ifrance.com>
>To: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
>Subject: Problem installation FreeBSD 4.2 from CDROM
>Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2001 10:37:48 +0100
>
>Hi,
>
>I encounter a crucial issue when installing FreeBSD 4.2 from CDROM. The CD 
>boots and launchs setup menu, but upon choosing media installation source, 
>a window pops-up with a message telling me that my CDROM is not detected !
>
>I have a IDE Sony 2x (SONY CDU77E according to Bios) and it does work 
>perfectly under Linux (suse 7.2) and win98. CD should be ok since I used it 
>with several computers before. I did not find any information neither in 
>faq nor in manual nor mailing list archive.
>Could yo help me ?
>
>Nicolas
>
>*******Config**********
>freeBSD 4.2
>Pentium 200 mmx
>32 Mo RAM
>500 mb (IDE secondary slave, multiboot freebsd/linux/Zin98)
>Graphics: Matrox MGA Ulima/Impression PCI
>Screen : Samsung SyncMaster 500b
>NIC : Winbond (PCI) + DEC Etherworks (ISA)
>Mouse serial


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