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Date: Wed, 26 Mar 1997 18:32:57 -0800 (PST)
From: jadeite <jadeite@light.pomona.edu>
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Subject: Re: Installations problems
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On Wed, 26 Mar 1997, Mohammed Juma Mazune wrote:

> I have tryed to install the FreeBSD 5.1.5 for the last one Month and failed.
				      2.1.5

> Please help me to get the System up running.
> The problem is that the OS FreeBSD don't recognize the H.disk and the 
> CD-rom. It say no CD-ROM found and whatever I try it ended with Error.
> I have tryed all sort of ways but come to nothing.
> I have a MYLEX RAID CONTROLLER (DAC960E-one Che.,QUANTUM EMPIRE HD.and
> TOSHIBA CD-ROM-5301 SCS-II)the Dac-controller has 8 mb cache)
> ASUS-Motherboard- PCI/EISA and ATI-32Mach VGA.
>  Thank you in advance.

have you tried making a boot floppy and bypassing the cdrom problem?
you can either make the floppy from the cdrom, via another OS or
downloading it from the ftp site.