Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2001 17:57:26 +1000 From: "Doug Young" <dougy@bryden.apana.org.au> To: <AMDMCG@aol.com>, <jpaetzel@hutchtel.net>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: HeLP!!! i am trying to install bsd linux and it wont install or give me e... Message-ID: <03d101c0a15c$1b11fa00$847e03cb@apana.org.au> References: <30.111525ad.27cdf978@aol.com>
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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_03CE_01C0A1AF.E945FA40 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Whats a "Sony CDROM cdu33a" anyway ?? If its something really weird you = may well be out of luck. No point messing with oddball components since = there is no shortage of common bits that work properly without the = aggro.=20 Another point ... you mention "LINUX floppies / linuxpro5.4 / = easylinux2.4". I can't begin to imagine what you are doing with those & = you probably won't get much assistance on linux issues in this list ...I = certainly won't have anything to do with linux. I can't recall any serious problems with installing FreeBSD from any = regular type IDE or SCSI CD drive .. as far as I'm aware there isn't = anything weird with normal Sony ones. Well thats assuming its IDE or = SCSI & not one of the prehistoric ones that connects to a sound card = etc.=20 Just a thought ..... I recall hearing about an issue with IDE CD-ROM = drives acting up if they are secondary master (or something like that). = My IDE ones have always been primary slaves & that works fine. There is = probably a bunch of stuff in the questions archive about this. My suggestions are (a) beg / borrow / steal / hire a "common or garden = variety" CD drive (b) install from floppy (plenty of info = about that at my Pedantic FreeBSD site) (c) if you have permanent internet access = do an FTP install ----- Original Message -----=20 From: AMDMCG@aol.com=20 To: dougy@bryden.apana.org.au ; jpaetzel@hutchtel.net ; AMDMCG@aol.com = ; freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG=20 Sent: Wednesday, February 28, 2001 4:49 PM Subject: Re: HeLP!!! i am trying to install bsd linux and it wont = install or give me e... Doug,=20 I was trying to install FreeBsd4.2 and I am chalking it up to lack of = support=20 on the=20 baseline image files that I am putting onto the 2 standard bootable = "LINUX=20 floppies"=20 to bootstrap load a linux/unix/freebsd kernel into ram .... that works = just=20 fine...=20 but the Sony CDROM cdu33a device ... does not seem to be supported by = freebsd=20 or=20 by linuxpro5.4 or by easylinux2.4 ... which begs the question ... did = i buy a=20 lemon=20 of a CDROM drive .. Or did Sony stop supporting it or no one has = gotten=20 around to writing a driver or a special bootable kernel floppy image = yet for=20 nonstandard=20 hardware.=20 Thanks again and whatever else you could add or direct me to ... to = solve=20 this little=20 mystery ... would be greatly appreciated by me!!=20 Thanks again!=20 Andrew.=20 ------=_NextPart_000_03CE_01C0A1AF.E945FA40 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 5.50.4134.600" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Whats a "Sony CDROM cdu33a" anyway = ?? If=20 its something really weird you may well be out of luck. = No point=20 messing with oddball components since there is no shortage of = common=20 bits that work properly without the aggro. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Another point ... you mention "LINUX = floppies /=20 linuxpro5.4 / easylinux2.4". I can't begin to imagine what you are = doing=20 with those & y<FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>ou probably won't get much = assistance=20 on linux issues in this list ...I certainly won't have anything to do=20 with linux.</FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I can't recall any = serious </FONT><FONT=20 face=3DArial size=3D2>problems with installing FreeBSD from any = regular type=20 IDE or SCSI CD drive .. as far as I'm aware there isn't anything = weird with=20 normal Sony ones. Well thats assuming its IDE or SCSI & not one of = the=20 prehistoric ones that connects to a sound card etc. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Just a thought ..... I recall hearing = about an=20 issue with IDE CD-ROM drives acting up if they are secondary master (or=20 something like that). My IDE ones have always been primary slaves = &=20 that works fine. There is probably a bunch of stuff in the = questions=20 archive about this.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>My suggestions are (a) beg / borrow / = steal / hire=20 a "common or garden variety" CD drive</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial=20 size=3D2> &nbs= p;  = ; (b)=20 install from floppy (plenty of info about that at my Pedantic FreeBSD=20 site)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial=20 size=3D2> &nbs= p;  = ; (c)=20 if you have permanent internet access do an FTP install</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE=20 style=3D"PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV=20 style=3D"BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B>=20 <A title=3DAMDMCG@aol.com = href=3D"mailto:AMDMCG@aol.com">AMDMCG@aol.com</A> </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=3Ddougy@bryden.apana.org.au=20 = href=3D"mailto:dougy@bryden.apana.org.au">dougy@bryden.apana.org.au</A> = ; <A=20 title=3Djpaetzel@hutchtel.net=20 href=3D"mailto:jpaetzel@hutchtel.net">jpaetzel@hutchtel.net</A> ; <A=20 title=3DAMDMCG@aol.com = href=3D"mailto:AMDMCG@aol.com">AMDMCG@aol.com</A> ; <A=20 title=3Dfreebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG=20 = href=3D"mailto:freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG">freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.O= RG</A>=20 </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, February 28, = 2001 4:49=20 PM</DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: HeLP!!! i am = trying to=20 install bsd linux and it wont install or give me e...</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><FONT face=3Darial,helvetica><FONT size=3D2>Doug, <BR>I = was trying=20 to install FreeBsd4.2 and I am chalking it up to lack of support = <BR>on the=20 <BR>baseline image files that I am putting onto the 2 standard = bootable "LINUX=20 <BR>floppies" <BR>to bootstrap load a linux/unix/freebsd kernel into = ram ....=20 that works just <BR>fine... <BR>but the Sony CDROM cdu33a device ... = does not=20 seem to be supported by freebsd <BR>or <BR>by linuxpro5.4 or by = easylinux2.4=20 ... which begs the question ... did i buy a <BR>lemon <BR>of a CDROM = drive ..=20 Or did Sony stop supporting it or no one has gotten <BR>around to = writing a=20 driver or a special bootable kernel floppy image yet for = <BR>nonstandard=20 <BR>hardware. <BR>Thanks again and whatever else you could add or = direct me to=20 ... to solve <BR>this little <BR>mystery ... would be greatly = appreciated by=20 me!! <BR>Thanks again! <BR>Andrew. = <BR></BLOCKQUOTE></FONT></FONT></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_03CE_01C0A1AF.E945FA40-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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