From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Jan 25 10:54:46 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id KAA22872 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Mon, 25 Jan 1999 10:54:46 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from petent.ocsny.com (petent.ocsny.com [204.107.76.50]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id KAA22867 for ; Mon, 25 Jan 1999 10:54:44 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from pcollins@ocsny.com) Received: from ocsny.com (petent.ocsny.com [204.107.76.50]) by petent.ocsny.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id NAA12717; Mon, 25 Jan 1999 13:58:13 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from pcollins@ocsny.com) Message-ID: <36ACBEC5.C341B49C@ocsny.com> Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1999 13:58:13 -0500 From: pete collins X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.5 [en] (X11; I; FreeBSD 2.2.8-RELEASE i386) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "Peter P." CC: FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: CDROM Installation Problem References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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 > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message