Date: Mon, 26 Jun 2000 22:36:51 -0500 From: "Josh Paetzel" <jpaetzel@hutchtel.net> To: "Damon Hammis" <squirrel@hammis.com>, "Adam Blake" <blake@sba.miami.edu>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: FreeBSD 4.0 can't find CD-ROM Message-ID: <NEBBIJCLELPGBFNNJOFHIECJCDAA.jpaetzel@hutchtel.net> In-Reply-To: <4.3.2.7.0.20000626232730.00b04900@hammis.com>
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> -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Damon Hammis > Sent: Monday, June 26, 2000 10:31 PM > To: Adam Blake; freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: Re: FreeBSD 4.0 can't find CD-ROM > > > 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 > Before you do that, check to see if you can flash the BIOS. That would probably take care of the problem. Another thing that I find kind of interesting, I didn't know they made an IDE 2x cdrom. I thought the 2x'ers were either SCSI or those proprietary jobs. > 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 > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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