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Date:      Tue, 01 Aug 2000 00:26:39 -0700
From:      Kent Stewart <kstewart@urx.com>
To:        Heiko.Klein@ikp.uni-koeln.de
Cc:        freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: CDROM-installation?
Message-ID:  <39867BAF.4371500@urx.com>
References:  <14726.31352.790608.985052@hydra.ikp.Uni-Koeln.DE>

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Heiko Klein wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I wanted to install for the first time FreeBSD from CDROM. I created a
> CD with the ElTorito extension from the freebsd-homepage (RELEASE 4.0
> iso-image).
> 
> I have a ATAPI CDROM as secondary disk on my second IDE
> controller. Booting from this device worked without problems. I could
> partition my disk and select what I wanted to install. Then I got a
> problem!

Do you have a secondary master HD. If you don't, that is a problem
because FreeBSD won't see your CDROM. 

Kent

> 
> Choosing the installation source 'CDROM', I got a message: NO
> CDROM-DEVICE found. Look into the hardware compatibility ....
> 
> Compatibility is there, and I didn't disable any modules when
> installing. I read again through the documentation but there hasn't been
> any point what to do about this.
> 
> Hope anybody can help me, thanks in advance,
> 
> Heiko Klein
> 
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