Date: Mon, 2 Mar 2009 13:25:36 -0600 From: Tyson Boellstorff <perlcat@windstream.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: who took my cd drive? Message-ID: <200903021325.36211.perlcat@windstream.net> In-Reply-To: <20090302105258.098a4be3@gom.home> References: <20090302105258.098a4be3@gom.home>
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On Monday 02 March 2009 12:52:58 prad wrote: > i'm trying to install fbsd71 on a ibm thinkpad i1200 via cdrom. > > it boots fine from the cd, but then when i choose cd for media it says > No CD/DVD devices found! > > huh?? how so? > what can be done? > (i can install through nfs so it is not a lost cause by any means, but > what's going on here?) I did. I am in ur howse steelin ur 1's. perlcat. srsly, what does dmesg and /dev say? CD's can be mounted through the USB bus or a different bus. My guess is that your CD isn't connected internally via PCI, and you're just missing a driver.
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