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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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