From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Aug 30 06:12:19 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id GAA17471 for questions-outgoing; Fri, 30 Aug 1996 06:12:19 -0700 (PDT) Received: from gatekeeper.barcode.co.il (gatekeeper.barcode.co.il [192.116.93.17]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id GAA17457 for ; Fri, 30 Aug 1996 06:12:12 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from nadav@localhost) by gatekeeper.barcode.co.il (8.6.12/8.6.12) id QAA07417; Fri, 30 Aug 1996 16:10:27 +0200 Date: Fri, 30 Aug 1996 16:10:27 +0200 (IST) From: Nadav Eiron To: Tae-Hyung Kim cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD on IBM Aptiva In-Reply-To: <3226E084.41C67EA6@cs.umd.edu> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Fri, 30 Aug 1996, Tae-Hyung Kim wrote: > I'd like to install FreeBSD on my IBM Aptiva C33 that has > an IDE type CD-ROM. I noticed that FreeBSD doesn't work on > all systems of IDE CD-ROM. I wonder if my system is the > OK case before I place on order to Walnut Creek CDROM. > Thank you very much in advance. > > --Tae-Hyung Kim > The simplest thing would be for you to check! Just download the boot floppy and try to boot from it. Check (by examining the kernel probe messages) whether your CD is recognized or not. If it isn't, don't dispare. Try moving it around. What works for me most of the time is the slave position on the primary controller, but some models like the CD to be in other positions. Try a few combinations. If the CD is not recognized, you may still install FreeBSD over ftp or from a DOS partition (after copying the necessary stuff off the CD with DOS). Good luck, Nadav