Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1998 09:24:42 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> To: James Gilliard <gilljam@enteract.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Not reading media -- any suggestions? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.03.9811170923070.6774-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <199811170108.TAA25570@adam.enteract.com>
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On Mon, 16 Nov 1998, James Gilliard wrote: > I'm currently attempting to install FreeBSD 3.0 onto the following system: > > PII-300 w/ 128mb ram, 16.8GB HD (split into 2 ~8G partitions), CD-R, CD, > Sound/Video card, TV Tuner, Ethernet card (10tbase) and 2 SCSI cards (1 is > for a HP Scanner, the other is for the CD-R) What brand/model of SCSI cards? > I downloaded all the necessary files from the ftp site, made a boot disk > and thought I was good to go. However, when I was ready to install, I > pointed the media type to the CD-R drive. That didn't work (error: > Couldn't find the distributions), I then pointed it to the other 1/2 of > the HD and got the same error. I then tried FTP & Passive FTP, both times > getting "unable to resolve ftp.freebsd.org". Check that the CDROM is being found -- hit ALT-F2 at the main menu. You should get something like DEBUG: Found a device of type CDROM (cd0) if it found the CDROM drive. Your FTP problems are due to a misconfiguration of your DNS or network information. Doug White Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | www.freebsd.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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