Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2000 09:29:43 -0700 From: "spencer" <spencedavey@home.com> To: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: help with cd-rom boot and install, strange problem Message-ID: <001701c027d6$f9fd8540$e5e80c18@spokn1.wa.home.com>
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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0014_01C0279C.4D64B180 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Greetings, I'm trying to install FreeBSD 4.0 on my computer which has a Compaq 2x = dvd drive/20x cdrom. The bios supports booting from the cd-rom, but when it tries to boot from the cd I get this message: "boot from atapi cd-rom -failure" "No /boot/loader" At first I thought FreeBSD just didn't support the drive, but then when = I made the boot floppies, and booted up that way, when it loaded the = kernel, it did detect the drive. But it won't let me install from it. What = gives? Thanks for you help, Spencer ------=_NextPart_000_0014_01C0279C.4D64B180 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; = charset=3Diso-8859-1"> <META content=3D"MSHTML 5.50.4134.600" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman"=20 size=3D3>Greetings,<BR><BR>I'm trying to install FreeBSD 4.0 on my = computer which=20 has a Compaq 2x dvd<BR>drive/20x cdrom. The bios supports booting = from the=20 cd-rom, but when it<BR>tries to boot from the cd I get this=20 message:<BR><BR>"boot from atapi cd-rom -failure"<BR>"No = /boot/loader"<BR><BR>At=20 first I thought FreeBSD just didn't support the drive, but then when = I<BR>made=20 the boot floppies, and booted up that way, when it loaded the = kernel,<BR>it did=20 detect the drive. But it won't let me install from it. What=20 gives?<BR><BR>Thanks for you=20 help,<BR>Spencer</FONT><BR></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0014_01C0279C.4D64B180-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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