Date: Wed, 15 Dec 1999 12:28:41 -0600 From: "Alejandro Ramirez" <ales@megared.net.mx> To: "Dave Page" <davecpage@earthlink.net>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: Install difficulties Message-ID: <026201bf472a$373ce740$d2630a0a@megared.net.mx> References: <000a01bf46ae$5f7c51e0$04c8c8c8@GWBox.davecorp.com>
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Hi,
If you have your cdrom as a master one, try to configure it as a slave,
and thing will work beautifully.
Merry Xmas
Ales
----- Original Message -----
From: Dave Page <davecpage@earthlink.net>
To: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Sent: Tuesday, December 14, 1999 9:42 PM
Subject: Install difficulties
> I'm having some difficulties installing FreeBSD.
>
> I can get most of the way through set-up. I choose to install from
CD-ROM,
> and I will get to the screen that has the progress meter. The CD will
spin
> for about 5-10 seconds and stop. The progress meter never moves past
zero.
>
> At first I thought this was an I/O setting error. So, I threw the same
> drive into NT Server, figured out which I/O address it was defaulting to,
> put it back into my BSD machine-to-be, and got the following error: "No
> CDROM devices found! Please check that your system's configuration is
> correct and that the..."
>
> So now I'm thinking that it wasn't an I/O error because I got further
before
> I putzed with the I/O setting. The CD-ROM is a Delta, Model # OPC-K101.
It
> is a relatively new, ATAPI 40x drive.
>
> Any suggestions? (Hope I was clear... Kind of new to the FreeBSD thing...
> Very comfortable in MS, however...) Why are no files being copied when it
> gets to that stage????
>
> TIA.
>
>
> Dave
>
> davecpage@earthlink.net
> davecpage@hotmail.com
>
>
>
>
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