Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2000 11:33:11 +0200 From: Christoph Sold <so@server.i-clue.de> To: Abel Mayal <am50@ukc.ac.uk> Cc: questions <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Installation of FreeBSD with CD-Rom Message-ID: <394DE8D7.B3D59474@i-clue.de> References: <001c01bfd9cc$6c3631b0$fc709284@futures.bt.co.uk>
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Don't panic. Create the boot floppies from the CD under DOS/Windows as shown in the view.exe application. Read the fine manual carefully. Examine your CD-ROM drive if it is either ATAPI, or one of those ancient boxes not ATAPI compatible. Check the CD-ROM is jumpered as slave -- AFAIR 3.3. had problems with master CD-Rom drives. HTH -Christoph Sold Abel Mayal wrote: > Good Morning everone, I'm trying to install FreeBSD in an 486 at 33 > MHz computer, with 400 Mb of Hard Disk and 16Mb of RAM. This computer > has a CD-ROM and is connected to its own IDE disk controller. > ...[snip]... it finds the wdc0 that is the main hard drive and wdc1 > that is the disk controller board where de cd-rom is connected. > ...[snip] ... it couldn't find any CD-ROM connected ...[snip] To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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