Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2003 09:55:12 +0300 From: Vitaly Markitantov <vm@dics.com.ua> To: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 5.0/5.1: Installer does not find CD-ROM drive - even though it's booted off it Message-ID: <20030610065512.GA85387@dics.com.ua> In-Reply-To: <C0FF00CD-9AB7-11D7-B93A-000393C59E6C@e.kth.se> References: <C0FF00CD-9AB7-11D7-B93A-000393C59E6C@e.kth.se>
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On Mon, Jun 09, 2003 at 10:20:03PM +0200, Per von Zweigbergk wrote: > Hello. > > I'm having difficulty with the ISO image of FreeBSD 5.1. The same > problem also appeared in 5.0, but since 5.1 had come out, I decided to > try that before reporting this bug. > > When booting the installer off the CD-ROM and doing a Standard install, > you first get to the stage of partitioning a hard drive. > > Then you get to the stage where distributions are chosen. > > After that, it wants you to choose install media. I choose CD/DVD, and > suddenly it says: > > "No CD/DVD devices found!" > > This is strange, since I clearly have been able to boot from it, and > the boot loader seems to find it. > > On a whim, I also tried to choose "Floppy" for the install, but that > didn't work either: > > "No floppy devices found!" > > This is more than strange. It's truly bizarre. > > In the boot loader it says: > > BIOS CD is cd0 > BIOS drive A: is disk0 > BIOS drive C: is disk1 > > And just before it dumps into /stand/sysinstall, I get: > > ata1-master: timeout waiting for interrupt > ata1-master: ATAPI identify failed > > The system is new, and has had no OS installed on it previously. I have > upgraded the BIOS to the latest version. > > Specifications: > > - Microstar 865PE Neo2 LS mother board > - 3 x Intel 10/100 Desktop Adapter S cards. (Supported by the fxp > driver) > - Cheap Geforce 4 MX based AGP graphics card > - Western Digital Special Edition 120 GB hard drive with 8 MB disk > cache connected using the onboard ATA100 functionality. Master on the > first IDE bus. > - Samsung CD-ROM drive connected to the second IDE bus as Master. Only > does ATA33 with the cables I use. Looks like Samsung 52X CD-ROM is broken for FreeBSD, i have this problem with this drive, when i replace it to Asus 52X CD-ROM, all works fine. -- Vitaly Markitantov mailto: vm@dics.com.ua
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