Date: Sat, 8 Jan 2000 00:12:56 -0700 (MST) From: Andrew Munkres <amunkres@nyx.net> To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Installing FreeBSD/Alpha on PC164LX from floppy disks Message-ID: <Pine.SUN.3.96.1000108000520.14113B-100000@nyx10> In-Reply-To: <20000107233558.A51611@panzer.kdm.org>
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On Fri, 7 Jan 2000, Kenneth D. Merry wrote: > 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. Its exact words are "No CDROM devices found! Please check that your system's is correct and that the CDROM drive is of a supported type. For more information, consult the hardware guide in the Doc menu." However, I don't really care about this since I don't have a FreeBSD CD. Was the kernel in kern.flp compiled with "controller fdc0" so that it can see the floppy drive, or was this left out for some reason? To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message
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