Date: Tue, 27 Jul 1999 18:50:12 -0700 From: notme <notme@lvdi.net> To: David Nobles <David.Nobles@wcom.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: CDROM not found Message-ID: <379E61D4.7D9EA982@lvdi.net> References: <379DF189.776D8CB1@wcom.com>
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Hi,
I don't think you should boot in DOS to install FreeBSD, rather
use a FBSD bootdisk (a file from FreeBSD.org or ftp.cdrom.com,
there is a directory call floppy with detail instruction). The directory
should be at
ftp.cdrom.com/pub/FreeBSD/3.2-RELEASE/floppies
once you boot into the visual console, you should be able to select
an IDE device call Creative CD-ROM. (if I am not wrong :)
I hope I helped :)
Frankie
David Nobles wrote:
> Sorry for the repetition. I realize this is a common problem from
> looking through the questions and hacker archives. I read several
> questions but didn't find any solutions.
>
> I'm trying to install freeBSD 3.0 onto my Win98 machine an old Dell LE
> 486 66 MHz machine with 16 MB and two hard drives.
>
> The first is a 325 MB drive with Windows installed.
> The second is a Quantum 2.1G drive and that is where I'd like to put
> freeBSD.
>
> Problem right now is that when I boot to the MS-DOS prompt to do the
> install the system doesn't recognize the CD-ROM. I've tried modifying
> the Config.sys and Autoexec.bat several ways but can't get it to work.
>
> The CD-ROM is from Creative Labs. Just to let everyone know my
> knowledge of any flavor of Unix is small so please keep that in mind
> when replying. Windows is a only a little better since my background is
> mostly mainframe.
>
> Any help would be appreciated.
>
> David Nobles
> DNobles@dnobles.com
>
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