From owner-freebsd-newbies Thu Aug 10 14:25:42 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from nec.com (mail1.nec.com [143.101.112.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2A64237BA3A for ; Thu, 10 Aug 2000 14:25:29 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kotagiri@asl.dl.nec.com) Received: from aslws01.asl.dl.nec.com (aslws01.asl.dl.nec.com [143.101.2.1]) by nec.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id QAA19816; Thu, 10 Aug 2000 16:25:06 -0500 (CDT) Received: by aslws01.asl.dl.nec.com (8.7.3/YDL1.9.1-940729.15) id QAA23157(aslws01.asl.dl.nec.com); Thu, 10 Aug 2000 16:25:04 -0500 (CDT) Received: by aslws220.asl.dl.nec.com (8.7.3/YDL1.9.1-940729.15) id QAA16866(aslws220.asl.dl.nec.com); Thu, 10 Aug 2000 16:25:03 -0500 (CDT) Message-ID: <39931E9B.BFC313FE@asl.dl.nec.com> Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2000 16:28:59 -0500 From: Bhanu Kotagiri X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.7 [en] (WinNT; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Joe.Warner@smed.com Cc: Bigwillie , freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Having problems with CDROM drive with FreeBSD 3.3 References: <85256937.006DD89D.00@Deimos.smed.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-2 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Hi, Thank you all. Finally I did it by by replacing the earlier CD-ROM drive with Creative CD-ROM drive. After I have mounted this, I did the post install configuration. It worked finally. Once again thank you very much... Regards, Bhanu Joe.Warner@smed.com wrote: > > Im guessing here, did you mount /cdrom then tried to do what you wanted to > do........ > > Yeah, what he is referring to is a common problem. First, you need to > place the CD in the cdrom drive (DO NOT MOUNT IT). Next, log in as root > and type /stand/sysinstall . Choose "Do post-install configuration of > FreeBSD" and then "Install pre-packaged software for FreeBSD". Finally, > choose "Install from a FreeBSD CDROM" and choose the packages you want to > install. > > When installing software, the only time you need to mount your cdrom is > before you install ports from /usr/ports. > > Joe > > |--------+------------------------> > | | Bigwillie | > | | | | nline.net> | > | | | > | | 08/10/00 01:41| > | | PM | > | | | > |--------+------------------------> > >---------------------------------------------------------| > | | > | To: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG | > | cc: (bcc: Joe Warner/SMS) | > | Subject: Re: Having problems with CDROM drive | > | with FreeBSD 3.3 | > >---------------------------------------------------------| > > Im guessing here, did you mount /cdrom then tried to do what you wanted to > do........ > > At 01:17 PM 8/10/00 , you wrote: > >Hi, > > I am having problems while installing FreeBSD 3.3 from CD-ROM > >drive(ATAPI). Initially it boots with the CD-ROM drive, Later when I try > >to install packages from Menu driven Installation program it says no > >CD-ROM device found. > >The most surprising thing is that the Menu driven installation program > >is being loaded from the CD-ROM drive when the system has been boot, And > >later it says that "no CD-ROM device found". When it didn't recognize > >the CD-ROM drive then how did it load the menu driven installtion > >program in the first place. > >Could any one let me know how to find a solution for this. I tried with > >two CDROM drives but the problem reminds the same. > >Thanks, > >Bhanu > > > > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > >with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message > > _________________________________________ > Steiny's Studio > Pachyderm Productions > http://steiny.hypermart.net > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message