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Date:      Mon, 25 Jan 1999 13:58:13 -0500
From:      pete collins <pcollins@ocsny.com>
To:        "Peter P." <ppawlacz@UWinnipeg.ca>
Cc:        FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: CDROM Installation Problem
Message-ID:  <36ACBEC5.C341B49C@ocsny.com>
References:  <Pine.OSF.3.95.990125120733.23562C-100000@io.uwinnipeg.ca>

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you have to change to boot order to cdrom first in your bios settings

later

pete




Peter P." wrote:

> Hi,
>
>    As the subject says, I can't boot with my CDROM. I have a motherboard
> that supports it, I have installed Red Hat 5.1 and Slackware 3.5 with CD's
> by booting and installing. So I know the feature works, but I can't boot
> and install FBSD 2.2.8.
>
> I have AMI BIOS 05/06/1998 is the date on it, so it's fairly recent. Has
> anyone experienced problems booting FBSD 2.2.8 from CDROM with this BIOS
> type & date? My motherboard is a TX Pro. (Houston ?)
>
> Also, I can't use my floppy to boot. It won't recognize it, but I can
> mount and umount the floppy drive in RH 5.1. and look at the contents.
> I've tried setting it up in BIOS, enabled only to boot from floppy,
> disable swap feature, and enabled seek on boot. Nothing seemed to work.
>
> Any help would be appreciated.
>
> thank you in advance.
>
> Peter
>
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