Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2002 09:23:55 -0700 From: "Sam Bailey" <sbailey@speakeasy.net> To: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Problems with CD-Rom install Message-ID: <000c01c24de6$38f17400$6d02380a@sambailey>
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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0009_01C24DAB.7701ACA0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I am a new user to FreeBSD as well as Unix. I used Unix back in college = to compile FORTRAN programs, but unfortunately that was many moons ago. I = am building a web server at home, as I have a 1500/384 DSL connection. The website will be basically for informational purposes, no database = services, i.e. low volume. I have an old ASUS P6NP5 Pentium Pro system with 128 MB RAM and a 20 GB = IDE HDD. The CD-ROM is a SCSI Plextor 12/20, controlled by an Adaptec = 2940UW controller. I downloaded 4.6.2-Stable ISOs, and burned them with Nero in Windows = 2000. I boot to the SCSI controller, the Adaptec controller sees that there is = a bootable CD in the CD-Rom, there is a message that states that the = CD-Rom will be switched to Drive A and Drive A will become Drive B. But then = the system just halts with a blinking cursor. The HDD currently has old = data on it formated NTFS, but I plan on overwriting the whole drive. Do I need = to prepare the HDD somehow? Any help would be appreciated, and if this is the wrong group for this question, please point me in the right direction and I'll post there. Thanks, Sam ------=_NextPart_000_0009_01C24DAB.7701ACA0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; = charset=3Diso-8859-1"> <META content=3D"MSHTML 6.00.2719.2200" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#48bd7d> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman" = size=3D3>I am a new user=20 to FreeBSD as well as Unix. I used Unix back in college = to<BR>compile=20 FORTRAN programs, but unfortunately that was many moons ago. I=20 am<BR>building a web server at home, as I have a 1500/384 DSL = connection. =20 The<BR>website will be basically for informational purposes, no database = services,<BR>i.e. low volume.<BR><BR>I have an old ASUS P6NP5 Pentium = Pro system=20 with 128 MB RAM and a 20 GB IDE<BR>HDD. The CD-ROM is a SCSI = Plextor=20 12/20, controlled by an Adaptec 2940UW<BR>controller.<BR><BR>I = downloaded=20 4.6.2-Stable ISOs, and burned them with Nero in Windows 2000.<BR>I boot = to the=20 SCSI controller, the Adaptec controller sees that there is a<BR>bootable = CD in=20 the CD-Rom, there is a message that states that the CD-Rom<BR>will be = switched=20 to Drive A and Drive A will become Drive B. But then the<BR>system just = halts=20 with a blinking cursor. The HDD currently has old data on<BR>it = formated=20 NTFS, but I plan on overwriting the whole drive. Do I need = to<BR>prepare=20 the HDD somehow?<BR><BR>Any help would be appreciated, and if this is = the wrong=20 group for this<BR>question, please point me in the right direction and = I'll post=20 there.<BR><BR>Thanks,<BR><BR>Sam</FONT><BR><BR></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML= > ------=_NextPart_000_0009_01C24DAB.7701ACA0-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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