From owner-freebsd-doc Tue Aug 1 0:27:47 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Received: from 2711.dynacom.net (2711.dynacom.net [206.107.213.3]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 04DF637BAC8 for ; Tue, 1 Aug 2000 00:27:43 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kstewart@urx.com) Received: from urx.com (dsl1-160.dynacom.net [206.159.132.160]) by 2711.dynacom.net (Build 101 8.9.3/NT-8.9.3) with ESMTP id AAA01203; Tue, 01 Aug 2000 00:26:39 -0700 Message-ID: <39867BAF.4371500@urx.com> Date: Tue, 01 Aug 2000 00:26:39 -0700 From: Kent Stewart Reply-To: kstewart@urx.com Organization: Dynacom X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.74 [en] (Windows NT 5.0; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Heiko.Klein@ikp.uni-koeln.de Cc: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: CDROM-installation? References: <14726.31352.790608.985052@hydra.ikp.Uni-Koeln.DE> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org 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 > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message -- Kent Stewart Richland, WA mailto:kbstew99@hotmail.com http://kstewart.urx.com/kstewart/index.html FreeBSD News http://daily.daemonnews.org/ Bomber dropping fire retardant in front of Hanford Wild fire. http://kstewart.urx.com/kstewart/bomber.jpg To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message