From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Oct 15 7:49:48 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mail.iol.ie (mail2.mail.iol.ie [194.125.2.193]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1E2F737B66D for ; Sun, 15 Oct 2000 07:49:45 -0700 (PDT) Received: from homework (b-airlock074.esatclear.ie [194.145.131.74]) by mail.iol.ie Sendmail (v8.9.3) with SMTP id PAA47718 for ; Sun, 15 Oct 2000 15:49:42 +0100 (IST) Message-ID: <001c01c036b7$ae1a5410$4a8391c2@homework> From: "Dermot Kirk" To: Subject: Install probelm Date: Sun, 15 Oct 2000 15:53:26 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0019_01C036C0.0E453050" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2919.6700 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2919.6700 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0019_01C036C0.0E453050 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I ahve a 486 66mhz Gateway I am trying to install FreeBSD on it. I d/l = all the files and burned them to a CD for install (/bin directory). The = problem I am having is: A) my cd-rom is not detected. It is a NEC 2X on IDE. I had (have?) the = DOs drivers for it and it was working fine then. B) When I boot the machine now I get: No /boot/loader (etc..) No /kernel FreeBSD (etc...) Default: 0:ad(0,a)/kernal Any ideas? I did stop the installexpecting it to detect my cd-rom when = it re-booted. Please if you have any ideas could youmail themon. BTW: If I have sent this to the wrong mail addy pls forward to correct = and I'll know from there on in Thanks in advance, Dermot. boot: ------=_NextPart_000_0019_01C036C0.0E453050 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

I ahve a 486 66mhz Gateway I am trying = to install=20 FreeBSD on it. I d/l all the files and burned them to a CD for = install=20 (/bin directory). The problem I am having is:

A) my cd-rom is not detected. It = is a NEC 2X=20 on IDE. I had (have?) the DOs drivers for it and it was working = fine=20 then.

B) When I boot the machine now I=20 get:

No = /boot/loader

(etc..)

No = /kernel

FreeBSD = (etc...)

Default:=20 0:ad(0,a)/kernal

Any ideas? I did stop the = installexpecting it=20 to detect my cd-rom when it re-booted.

Please if you have any ideas could = youmail=20 themon.

BTW: If I have sent this to the wrong = mail addy pls=20 forward to correct and I'll know from there on in

Thanks in advance,

Dermot.

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