Date: Sun, 23 Apr 2000 09:39:32 -0700 From: James Kelty <jkelty@digital-impact.com> To: "Kevin G. Eliuk" <kg@versys.net> Cc: CarpeDiem_4 <CarpeDiem_4@excite.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Installation Problems w/selected media... Message-ID: <39032744.ED7FC3FC@digital-impact.com> References: <27887024.956475690932.JavaMail.imail@doodle.excite.com> <39032270.41C8D8E@versys.net>
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Most CD-ROMs have to be recognized as Secondary Master Of the IDE controller on you mother board. Sometime the CD-ROM will work just fine, but you will end up with some strange issues like this later on. Also, it is possible that your media is scratched in some way as well. -James "Kevin G. Eliuk" wrote: > > When I select the media: Standard Installation from CDROM bootdisk... > > I am receiving the following error: Error Mounting /dev/ac0c on /dist: > > Input/Output Error(5). > > > > What does this mean and how can I resolve this issue, so I can install > > FreeBSD4.4 on this system? > > I recieve this same error with my old 4X CDROM. The eay that I was able > to get around it eas to place it as slave to a hardrive for the > installation. It seems that some of the bioses on older/cheaper cdroms > leave them undetectable when positioned as master. > > When situated as slave they better bios of the hardrive makes it > detectable. > > After installation you should be able to put it back to the original > configuration with out a problem. > > -- > Regards, > > Kevin G. Eliuk > Technician | VerSys Communications Ltd. | http://www.versys.net > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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