From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jan 16 12:57:01 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8764D16A40F for ; Tue, 16 Jan 2007 12:57:01 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd-questions@m.gmane.org) Received: from ciao.gmane.org (main.gmane.org [80.91.229.2]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 471A713C44B for ; Tue, 16 Jan 2007 12:57:01 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd-questions@m.gmane.org) Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1H6nrx-0005Vf-UW for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Tue, 16 Jan 2007 13:56:53 +0100 Received: from in-elk-216-117-2-1.skylinecorp.com ([216.117.2.1]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 16 Jan 2007 13:56:53 +0100 Received: from kkobb by in-elk-216-117-2-1.skylinecorp.com with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 16 Jan 2007 13:56:53 +0100 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org From: Kevin Kobb Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2007 07:54:27 -0500 Lines: 41 Message-ID: <45ACCB03.1080805@skylinecorp.com> References: <20070112174148.B17854@prime.gushi.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: in-elk-216-117-2-1.skylinecorp.com User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.9 (Windows/20061207) In-Reply-To: <20070112174148.B17854@prime.gushi.org> Sender: news Subject: Re: Sysinstall: No Floppy Devices Found X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2007 12:57:01 -0000 Dan Mahoney, System Admin wrote: > Hey all, > > I'm getting the message when I try to load a KLD in Sysinstall, even > though I KNOW my floppy drive works. In fact, I can load the KLD from > the loader prompt just fine. > > Is there a difference/advantage to one way of doing this over the other? > > -Dan Mahoney > > -- > > "Hitler, Satan, those Hanson kids, anything. Just not the curious > anteater." > > -Peter Scolari, as Wayne Szalinki in "Honey, I Shrunk The Kids--The > Series" > > > --------Dan Mahoney-------- > Techie, Sysadmin, WebGeek > Gushi on efnet/undernet IRC > ICQ: 13735144 AIM: LarpGM > Site: http://www.gushi.org > --------------------------- > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > I have found that when I do an install with an install.cfg file on a floppy, I must insert the floppy right after the system begins to boot from CD. If I don't when I tell sysinstall to read the floppy I get an error. As a work around, if I go into the options and select rescan for hardware devices (not sure if that is the exact wording) after inserting the floppy disk, it will work OK as well. Might be worth a try.