Date: Sat, 10 Mar 2007 17:54:53 -0600 From: Derek Ragona <derek@computinginnovations.com> To: Noah <admin2@enabled.com>, Noah <admin2@enabled.com> Cc: User Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: installing 6.2 from external USB DVD-ROM drive Message-ID: <6.0.0.22.2.20070310175332.0254ecc8@mail.computinginnovations.com> In-Reply-To: <45F34336.1040400@enabled.com> References: <45F3422D.4030005@enabled.com> <45F34336.1040400@enabled.com>
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If you boot then exit sysinstall to a prompt, try to mount the external
drive. If you can mount it, then rerun sysinstall and choose to install
from a mounted file system instead.
-Derek
At 05:45 PM 3/10/2007, Noah wrote:
>More details:
>
>I am able to boot and get to the installation utility but when I go to
>"choose installation media" and choose "CD/DVD" the response is "No CD/DVD
>devices found!"
>
>what can I do about this?
>
>Cheers,
>
>Noah
>
>
>Noah wrote:
>>Hi there,
>>is there a way to install FreeBSD from an external USB DVD-ROM drive?
>>I am at a loss of how to do it.
>>Cheers,
>>Noah
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