Date: Wed, 12 Feb 1997 19:50:39 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: George Hegyes <ceo@internetuniverse.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ATAPI CD-ROM Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.94.970212194351.300A-100000@localhost> In-Reply-To: <33029FF1.7036@internetuniverse.com>
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On Wed, 12 Feb 1997, George Hegyes wrote: > I know the experimental status of ATAPI cdroms using freeBSD but I have > a would like to install my freeBSD 2.1.6 off of my cdrom, I have > installed it several times with no success. The system has two hard > drives and is running MS-DOS (Windows 95) on the main hard drive, on the > second drive I have installed freeBSD, the book "The Complete FreeBSD" > from walnut creek mentions a file called "atapi.flp" which is used for > creating boot diskettes for systems using IDE CDROMS, my January 1997 > CDROM does not have this file & your FTP site does not contain it in the > FLOPPIES directory. I am very interested in getting this running as soon > as possible, can you provide some answers or maybe the file if you think > that will help. Atapi.flp doesn't exist anymore. Try moving your CDROM to the slave position on the primary controller. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major
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