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Date:      Fri, 17 Sep 2004 10:35:58 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@gumbysoft.com>
To:        gaspo1@fastwebnet.it
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: installation on CompaQ pro work 5000
Message-ID:  <20040917103229.B81526@carver.gumbysoft.com>
In-Reply-To: <414A333C00000BAA@ms001msg.mail.fw>
References:  <414A333C00000BAA@ms001msg.mail.fw>

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On Fri, 17 Sep 2004 gaspo1@fastwebnet.it wrote:

> the freebsd sistem give me that error when install :
> the disk in your drive looks more like an audio disk than a freebsd release
> ...the server is a "CompaQ professional workstation 5000" dual processor...
> i have recopy the iso of freebsd... and not work... change cd rom ... and
> not work....
> why give that error?(only with bsd...)all other sistem WORK...

Make sure you are buring the disc as a data/ISO image and not an audio
image.

This macine is also very old .. its a dual ppro.  Its pssible it has some
unsual cdrom setup that freebsd does not support. xompaqs are prone to
somewhat nonstandard setups.

-- 
Doug White                    |  FreeBSD: The Power to Serve
dwhite@gumbysoft.com          |  www.FreeBSD.org



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