Date: Fri, 7 Jan 2000 23:35:58 -0700 From: "Kenneth D. Merry" <ken@kdm.org> To: Andrew Munkres <amunkres@nyx.net> Cc: freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Installing FreeBSD/Alpha on PC164LX from floppy disks Message-ID: <20000107233558.A51611@panzer.kdm.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.SUN.3.96.1000107214904.11753A-100000@nyx10>; from amunkres@nyx.net on Fri, Jan 07, 2000 at 10:07:26PM -0700 References: <Pine.SUN.3.96.1000107214904.11753A-100000@nyx10>
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On Fri, Jan 07, 2000 at 22:07:26 -0700, Andrew Munkres wrote: > I successfully booted FreeBSD/Alpha on my PC164LX from floppy disks with > the kern.flp and mfsroot.flp images on them. I had intended to install > FreeBSD from floppy disks, but when I chose this option on the > installation media screen, it told me that there was no floppy drive > device. Even though I don't have a FreeBSD CD, I chose the CDROM option > out of curiosity, and it said that there was no CDROM drive, even though I > do have a SCSI CDROM drive. It did this on both versions 3.4 and 3.3, on > both Novice and Custom installation modes. The disk partitioning program > recognizes the UWSCSI hard drive correctly. What could be causing the > problem? Thanks in advance. If I had to guess, it probably said you didn't have a CDROM drive because there was no CD in the drive. Ken -- Kenneth Merry ken@kdm.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message
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