From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Nov 17 10:21:59 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from smtp3.mx.pitdc1.stargate.net (smtp3.mx.pitdc1.stargate.net [206.210.69.143]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 0047037B416 for ; Sat, 17 Nov 2001 10:21:52 -0800 (PST) Received: (qmail 16553 invoked from network); 17 Nov 2001 18:16:14 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO wastegate.net) (209.166.133.249) by smtp3.mx.pitdc1.stargate.net with SMTP; 17 Nov 2001 18:16:14 -0000 Received: (qmail 5431 invoked from network); 17 Nov 2001 18:08:33 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO mother) (192.168.1.2) by 192.168.1.1 with SMTP; 17 Nov 2001 18:08:33 -0000 From: "Doug Reynolds" To: "cjclark@alum.mit.edu" , "Crist J. Clark" , "Hexo" Cc: "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG" Date: Sat, 17 Nov 2001 13:04:25 -0500 Reply-To: "Doug Reynolds" X-Mailer: PMMail 98 Professional (2.01.1600) For Windows NT (5.0.2195;2) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: Problem installation FreeBSD 4.2 from CDROM Message-Id: <20011117182153.0047037B416@hub.freebsd.org> Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Fri, 16 Nov 2001 16:28:26 -0800, Crist J. Clark wrote: >> 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 ? > >I haven't heard about people with this problem for years, but is your >CDROM set up as a slave on a controller with no master? I had a Sony 2x IDE as well. I found out that the CD didn't support ATAPI/ATA standards. and it would not boot a cdrom.. for $30 you can get a 32-40X. for $50 you can a new 52X. Why bother? --- doug reynolds | the maverick | mav@wastegate.net To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message