From owner-freebsd-questions Sun May 11 16:58:13 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id QAA19014 for questions-outgoing; Sun, 11 May 1997 16:58:13 -0700 (PDT) Received: from vespucci.iquest.com (root@vespucci.iquest.com [199.170.120.42]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id QAA19009 for ; Sun, 11 May 1997 16:58:11 -0700 (PDT) Received: from pc-1 (usr1-d6.iquest.com [165.113.140.6]) by vespucci.iquest.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id SAA03678 for ; Sun, 11 May 1997 18:58:04 -0500 (CDT) Message-ID: <33765CF1.493A@aol.com> Date: Sun, 11 May 1997 18:57:37 -0500 From: T Norris Reply-To: TNorris@aolcom X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0Gold (Win95; U) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Can't get FreeBSD cdrom to load Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk I just purchased the latest walnut creek FreeBSD 2.2.1. After wasting an embarrasing number of hours trying to get this supposedly easier to install version of unix up and running, I am now begging for assistance. I did not have any problem at all with Linux. Had it up and running in only a few hours. Naturally I wanted to try the "better and faster" unix from FreeBSD. Where's the better and faster?? I find no books at my bookstore on FreeBSD installation amongst all the Linux books. I don't think that the folks at FreeBSD should bragg about how easy their product is to install. I would like to install from CD using my Toshiba IDE cdrom drive like I did with Linux. I first boot into FreeBSD from my cdrom. Then I go though the installation procedure, and even get all the IRQ conflicts resolved and my disk drives to be recognized and partitioned the way I want. Then the install program gets to the point where I am actually load the stuff from the cdrom. Then I get the message that I suddenly have no cdrom configured. This is not good. Please don't tell me that I won't be able to use my cd drive with Free($50)BSD. I thought I read somewhere that there is a IDE cd driver. Is there, and how do I find it on the $50 walnut creek cdrom.