From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Aug 21 16:16:11 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id QAA26443 for questions-outgoing; Thu, 21 Aug 1997 16:16:11 -0700 (PDT) Received: from python.shoal.net.au (perrya@python.shoal.net.au [203.26.44.5]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id QAA26418 for ; Thu, 21 Aug 1997 16:16:02 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (perrya@localhost) by python.shoal.net.au (8.8.6/8.8.5) with SMTP id JAA21890; Fri, 22 Aug 1997 09:16:04 +1000 (EST) Date: Fri, 22 Aug 1997 09:16:04 +1000 (EST) From: Andrew To: Sal Robertson cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: atapi.flp In-Reply-To: <33FCBAAD.41C67EA6@dancinman.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk the documentation is actually a little out of date and the atapi.flp file is no longer required. If you have an ide cd-rom it should work but apparently the cd-rom should either be the slave on the primary controller or the master on the secondary controller. Andrew Perry On Thu, 21 Aug 1997, Sal Robertson wrote: > Date: Thu, 21 Aug 1997 18:01:17 -0400 > From: Sal Robertson > To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: atapi.flp > > I recently purchased a copy of THE COMPLETE FREEBSD by Greg Lehey. It > came with two distribution disks for FreeBSD 2.2.2, and advised that if > I was installing from an IDE CD-Rom drive to use floppies\atapi.flp, > which is nowhere to be found on either of the CDs. > > Please assist. I need a copy of this file to install FreeBSD on my > system, since I am using IDE drives. > > Thank you. > > -Sal > > -- > -= -=- =- > -= Sal Robertson =- > -= sal@dancinman.com =- > -= -=- =- >