From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Aug 8 16:17:23 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 373E916A41F for ; Mon, 8 Aug 2005 16:17:23 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from egf@riskproof.hn.org) Received: from sccrmhc12.comcast.net (sccrmhc12.comcast.net [204.127.202.56]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C21CC43D46 for ; Mon, 8 Aug 2005 16:17:22 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from egf@riskproof.hn.org) Received: from oxymoron.egf-net (pcp01876788pcs.sandia01.nm.comcast.net[68.35.14.152]) by comcast.net (sccrmhc12) with ESMTP id <2005080816172001200pi1ote>; Mon, 8 Aug 2005 16:17:21 +0000 Received: (from egf@localhost) by oxymoron.egf-net (8.11.6p2/8.11.6) id j78GHMD28572; Mon, 8 Aug 2005 10:17:22 -0600 Date: Mon, 8 Aug 2005 10:17:22 -0600 From: egf@RiskProof.hn.org To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20050808101722.A28535@oxymoron.egf-net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5.1i Cc: egf@oxymoron.egf-net Subject: install from CD-R fails X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 08 Aug 2005 16:17:23 -0000 I am unsuccessful installing FreeBSD 5.3 on an Intel x86 box which has only SCSI peripherals. If I insert Installation CD #1 into the CD-Writer drive, it boots up successfully into the install program. The drive is a PLEXTOR CD-R PX-R412C. It proceeds OK down to the screen titled "Choose Installation Media". If I select item: 1. CD/DVD Install from a FreeBSD CD/DVD and then press it just repeats the dialog, and refuses to find the installation images on the very same CD that it just booted from in the first place?! And, there is no other device choice given which is applicable here. I even went so far as to retry an install from FreeBSD 5.2.1 CDs which I had previously installed onto an ATA-based box. It failed in exactly the same place with the same error. What gives here? This system has all SCSI peripherals: the controller is a Tekram PCI board model DC-390F with Symbios 53C875 chip, 3 HDDs and the Plextor CD-R. This same box was previously been running RedHat Fedora Core 1 for over a year with the same h/w config. Now, I wish to convert this into a FreeBSD firewall system running PF. thanks, ed