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From: Michael Lucas <mwlucas@blackhelicopters.org>
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Subject: Re: Install From ATAPI CD ROM
In-Reply-To: <19991026124632.A752@s4067.south-green.ohiou.edu> from Mark Tomko at "Oct 26, 1999 12:46:32 pm"
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Date: Tue, 26 Oct 1999 14:04:31 -0400 (EDT)
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> I'm trying to install FreeBSD 3.3 from a CDROM but I'm running into a quirk
> in either my hardware or the boot floppies.  The same problem occurs when I
> boot from the floppies I made or the CD I got from LSL.  After I configure
> the kernel and the partition information, the install program asks for the
> install source.  It claims that there is no CD ROM device present on my
> system.  
> 
> I'm using a Sanyo CRD-1332P drive, which is an ATAPI CDROM drive.  Any
> suggestions?  Thanks!

Sigh.  Docs crew, can we get this FAQ'd, please?  I'm writing this up
nice and detailed this time for exactly this purpose.  (If it's
already FAQ'd, please pass me a URL and a pointy hat.)

"I booted off my ATAPI CD-Rom, but the install program says no CD-Rom
is found.  Where did it go?"

The usual cause of this problem is a misconfigured CD-Rom drive.  Many
PCs now ship with the CD-Rom as a secondary slave, with no secondary
master.  This is illegal according to the ATAPI specifications, but
Windows lets you get away with it.

Reconfigure your hardware so that the CD-Rom is on a controller with a
master, either by adding a master device or making your CD-Rom the
master.

==ml


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