Date: Mon, 26 Jun 2000 23:30:34 -0400 From: Damon Hammis <squirrel@hammis.com> To: Adam Blake <blake@sba.miami.edu>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD 4.0 can't find CD-ROM Message-ID: <4.3.2.7.0.20000626232730.00b04900@hammis.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.OSF.4.10.10006262044120.14673-100000@homer.bus.miami. edu>
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I recently had a similar situation with a Gateway PC. I wound up installing an ftp server on my windows box and making the cdrom drive the directory that freebsd looks for when doing an ftp install. Best advice is to get a new motherboard and processor. Makes life much easier. --Damon At 08:49 PM 6/26/00 -0400, Adam Blake wrote: >I recently aquired an older Gateway "2000" pc with a pentium >processor (100 Mhz), a Western digital 730 MB hard disk and >a 2x CD-ROM. Here's the tricky part. > >The CD-ROM is attatched to the motherboard at the "ISA IDE BUS" >which the bios calls the sencondary Hard Disk. This is where the >problem begins... The BIOS is really old and does not see that there is >a CD-ROM on that bus. I have no idea how windowz found the CD-ROM >but I can't get FreeBSD 4.0 to install from this after I boot from >floppies... > >Any suggestions? Do I need to provied more info? > >Any input appreciated. > >Adam Michalak > > > >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
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