Date: Wed, 28 Jul 1999 21:54:03 -0400 From: "David Nobles" <DNobles@dnobles.com> To: "notme" <notme@lvdi.net> Cc: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: CDROM not found Message-ID: <05bb01bed965$3cb0da20$4b2d2299@david> References: <379DF189.776D8CB1@wcom.com> <379E61D4.7D9EA982@lvdi.net>
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I went there and printed off the instructions. I then used fdimage.exe to create two floppies one for kern.flp and one for mfsroot.flp. I then booted using those floppies. I've gotten through all of the menu to the point where I'm at the one titled "Choose Installation Media". I try selecting option 1 - Install from a FreeBSD CD-ROM but I get the message: No CD-ROM devices found! This is a Creative Mat/Panasonic drive and it works fine when I boot the machine under Win98. I'm using the CDs from Greg Lehey's book "The Complete FreeBSD" and have all four CDs. If there is any information I'm not supplying that will help let me know.
David
----- Original Message -----
From: notme
To: David Nobles
Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Sent: Tuesday, July 27, 1999 9:50 PM
Subject: Re: CDROM not found
Hi,
I don't think you should boot in DOS to install FreeBSD, rather
use a FBSD bootdisk (a file from FreeBSD.org or ftp.cdrom.com,
there is a directory call floppy with detail instruction). The directory
should be at
ftp.cdrom.com/pub/FreeBSD/3.2-RELEASE/floppies
once you boot into the visual console, you should be able to select
an IDE device call Creative CD-ROM. (if I am not wrong :)
I hope I helped :)
Frankie
David Nobles wrote:
> Sorry for the repetition. I realize this is a common problem from
> looking through the questions and hacker archives. I read several
> questions but didn't find any solutions.
>
> I'm trying to install freeBSD 3.0 onto my Win98 machine an old Dell LE
> 486 66 MHz machine with 16 MB and two hard drives.
>
> The first is a 325 MB drive with Windows installed.
> The second is a Quantum 2.1G drive and that is where I'd like to put
> freeBSD.
>
> Problem right now is that when I boot to the MS-DOS prompt to do the
> install the system doesn't recognize the CD-ROM. I've tried modifying
> the Config.sys and Autoexec.bat several ways but can't get it to work.
>
> The CD-ROM is from Creative Labs. Just to let everyone know my
> knowledge of any flavor of Unix is small so please keep that in mind
> when replying. Windows is a only a little better since my background is
> mostly mainframe.
>
> Any help would be appreciated.
>
> David Nobles
> DNobles@dnobles.com
>
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<DIV>I went there and printed off the instructions. I then used
fdimage.exe to create two floppies one for kern.flp and one for
mfsroot.flp. I then booted using those floppies. I've gotten through
all of the menu to the point where I'm at the one titled "Choose Installation
Media". I try selecting option 1 - Install from a FreeBSD CD-ROM but I get
the message: No CD-ROM devices found! This is a Creative Mat/Panasonic
drive and it works fine when I boot the machine under Win98. I'm using the
CDs from Greg Lehey's book "The Complete FreeBSD" and have all four
CDs. If there is any information I'm not supplying that will help let me
know.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>David</DIV>
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<DIV
style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A href="mailto:notme@lvdi.net" title=notme@lvdi.net>notme</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
href="mailto:David.Nobles@wcom.com" title=David.Nobles@wcom.com>David
Nobles</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Cc:</B> <A
href="mailto:freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG"
title=freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, July 27, 1999 9:50
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: CDROM not found</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>Hi,<BR> I don't think you should boot in DOS
to install FreeBSD, rather<BR>use a FBSD bootdisk (a file from FreeBSD.org or
<A href="ftp://ftp.cdrom.com">ftp.cdrom.com</A>,<BR>there is a directory call
floppy with detail instruction). The directory<BR>should be at<BR><A
href="ftp://ftp.cdrom.com/pub/FreeBSD/3.2-RELEASE/floppies">ftp.cdrom.com/pub/FreeBSD/3.2-RELEASE/floppies</A><BR><BR>once
you boot into the visual console, you should be able to select<BR>an IDE
device call Creative CD-ROM. (if I am not wrong :)<BR><BR>I hope I
helped :)<BR><BR>Frankie<BR><BR>David Nobles wrote:<BR><BR>> Sorry for the
repetition. I realize this is a common problem from<BR>> looking
through the questions and hacker archives. I read several<BR>> questions
but didn't find any solutions.<BR>><BR>> I'm trying to install freeBSD
3.0 onto my Win98 machine an old Dell LE<BR>> 486 66 MHz machine with 16 MB
and two hard drives.<BR>><BR>> The first is a 325 MB drive with
Windows installed.<BR>> The second is a Quantum 2.1G drive and that is
where I'd like to put<BR>> freeBSD.<BR>><BR>> Problem right now is
that when I boot to the MS-DOS prompt to do the<BR>> install the system
doesn't recognize the CD-ROM. I've tried modifying<BR>> the
Config.sys and Autoexec.bat several ways but can't get it to
work.<BR>><BR>> The CD-ROM is from Creative Labs. Just to let
everyone know my<BR>> knowledge of any flavor of Unix is small so please
keep that in mind<BR>> when replying. Windows is a only a little
better since my background is<BR>> mostly mainframe.<BR>><BR>> Any
help would be appreciated.<BR>><BR>> David Nobles<BR>> <A
href="mailto:DNobles@dnobles.com">DNobles@dnobles.com</A><BR>><BR>> To
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