Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2006 16:44:20 -0500 From: "Coleman Kane" <zombyfork@gmail.com> To: "Brooks Davis" <brooks@one-eyed-alien.net> Cc: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org, Josh Abbe <joshabbe@gmail.com> Subject: Re: Plextor DVDRW not recognized during install Message-ID: <346a80220612131344k2191f41fo288d677a917f76e2@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20061213031413.GA93813@lor.one-eyed-alien.net> References: <805d1def0612121912iedf1a6al11a8a3a99f7eb42e@mail.gmail.com> <20061213031413.GA93813@lor.one-eyed-alien.net>
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On 12/12/06, Brooks Davis <brooks@one-eyed-alien.net> wrote: > > On Tue, Dec 12, 2006 at 10:12:37PM -0500, Josh Abbe wrote: > > Hey everyone, > > > > First of all, I hope I am doing this (sending a mass email) > correctly. I > > didn't see any instructions or guidelines, so here goes: > > > > I am trying to install FreeBSD 6.1 (Amd64). I am a complete newbie, but > I > > thought I would be able to do it following the FreeBSD Hand Book. Well, > > everything looked like it was going fine. I chose a language/country, > set > > the auto configuration for the HDD partitions, and eventually got to the > > screen that asked me to choose which media to install from. I chose > > CD/DVD. Then, it gave me an error saying that the system could not > detect > > my CD drive. Weird...since it seemed to know the drive was there to get > me > > to that point. > > > > Right now, installing over FTP is not an option. I posted my problem in > a > > FreeBSD forum, but no one seemed to have any solutions other than to > send an > > email to the DL (as I am doing now). > > > > The drive I am trying to install off of is the (SATA) Plextor DVDRW (PX > - > > 716A/SW) > > I have an ASUS A8N32-SLI mobo, an 80 Gb WD SATA HDD (where FreeBSD will > go), > > a 150 Gb WD Raptor X (with Win XP currently installed), an AMD FX-60 > > dual-core proc (2.6Ghz), a GeForce 7900 GTX, 2GB Corsair memory, Sound > > Blaster X-Fi, etc... I cant think of any more parts that would make a > > difference. > > ATAPI SATA devices are not yet supported, sorry. You'll need to get a > PATA drive for now. > > -- Brooks > > > Could he perhaps use a SATA-PATA bridge/converter thing? Would it work then, after being plugged into a PATA port? -- Coleman Kane
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