Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2003 21:19:08 -0500 (CDT) From: none_NOSPAM@siu.edu To: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 5.0/5.1: Installer does not find CD-ROM drive - even though it's booted off it Message-ID: <200306110219.h5B2J8QA000924@freebsd2.localnet10> In-Reply-To: <20030610065512.GA85387@dics.com.ua>
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FWIW - I have a Samsung SM-348 48x CD/DVD combo unit that works just fine under 5.1 (and 4.8): acd0: CD-RW <SAMSUNG CDRW/DVD SM-348B> at ata0-master PIO4 On 10 Jun, Vitaly Markitantov wrote: > On Mon, Jun 09, 2003 at 10:20:03PM +0200, Per von Zweigbergk wrote: >> Hello. >> >> I'm having difficulty with the ISO image of FreeBSD 5.1. The same >> problem also appeared in 5.0, but since 5.1 had come out, I decided to >> try that before reporting this bug. >> >> When booting the installer off the CD-ROM and doing a Standard install, >> you first get to the stage of partitioning a hard drive. >> >> Then you get to the stage where distributions are chosen. >> >> After that, it wants you to choose install media. I choose CD/DVD, and >> suddenly it says: >> >> "No CD/DVD devices found!" >> >> This is strange, since I clearly have been able to boot from it, and >> the boot loader seems to find it. >> >> On a whim, I also tried to choose "Floppy" for the install, but that >> didn't work either: >> >> "No floppy devices found!" >> >> This is more than strange. It's truly bizarre. >> >> In the boot loader it says: >> >> BIOS CD is cd0 >> BIOS drive A: is disk0 >> BIOS drive C: is disk1 >> >> And just before it dumps into /stand/sysinstall, I get: >> >> ata1-master: timeout waiting for interrupt >> ata1-master: ATAPI identify failed >> >> The system is new, and has had no OS installed on it previously. I have >> upgraded the BIOS to the latest version. >> >> Specifications: >> >> - Microstar 865PE Neo2 LS mother board >> - 3 x Intel 10/100 Desktop Adapter S cards. (Supported by the fxp >> driver) >> - Cheap Geforce 4 MX based AGP graphics card >> - Western Digital Special Edition 120 GB hard drive with 8 MB disk >> cache connected using the onboard ATA100 functionality. Master on the >> first IDE bus. >> - Samsung CD-ROM drive connected to the second IDE bus as Master. Only >> does ATA33 with the cables I use. > > Looks like Samsung 52X CD-ROM is broken for FreeBSD, i have this problem > with this drive, when i replace it to Asus 52X CD-ROM, all works fine. > >
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