From owner-freebsd-amd64@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Dec 13 21:44:22 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2D9B416A415 for ; Wed, 13 Dec 2006 21:44:22 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from zombyfork@gmail.com) Received: from nz-out-0506.google.com (nz-out-0506.google.com [64.233.162.238]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7A51343C9D for ; Wed, 13 Dec 2006 21:42:50 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from zombyfork@gmail.com) Received: by nz-out-0506.google.com with SMTP id i11so158138nzh for ; Wed, 13 Dec 2006 13:44:21 -0800 (PST) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:reply-to:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; b=CYBYNxGUvtInsLvEsnNbeCkqN+CAdJb3aIlvGu9R5I1N2M563jztnKU3/cJEOeY5CyMpwfoxU9cpdXCEuYk3E3TGxGkKOCpEiQsqVNOO7ybUeDNfegBItpvUYPZLcvko0o/Nn1ayVCTtjw8+zjjaDyUzBtcYPs4/d4u68vsqbrI= Received: by 10.65.177.6 with SMTP id e6mr135311qbp.1166046260880; Wed, 13 Dec 2006 13:44:20 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.64.242.10 with HTTP; Wed, 13 Dec 2006 13:44:20 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <346a80220612131344k2191f41fo288d677a917f76e2@mail.gmail.com> Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2006 16:44:20 -0500 From: "Coleman Kane" To: "Brooks Davis" In-Reply-To: <20061213031413.GA93813@lor.one-eyed-alien.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <805d1def0612121912iedf1a6al11a8a3a99f7eb42e@mail.gmail.com> <20061213031413.GA93813@lor.one-eyed-alien.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org, Josh Abbe Subject: Re: Plextor DVDRW not recognized during install X-BeenThere: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: cokane@cokane.org List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the AMD64 platform List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2006 21:44:22 -0000 On 12/12/06, Brooks Davis 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