Date: Mon, 20 Jan 2003 22:34:35 -0500 (EST) From: John Bleichert <syborg@stny.rr.com> To: Mike Loiterman <mike@ascendency.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: CD-ROM installtion problems. Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0301202233070.32264-100000@janeway.vonbek.dhs.org> In-Reply-To: <002001c2c0ff$1fa8b9e0$0302a8c0@mike>
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On Mon, 20 Jan 2003, Mike Loiterman wrote: > Date: Mon, 20 Jan 2003 21:42:23 -0600 > From: Mike Loiterman <mike@ascendency.net> > To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: CD-ROM installtion problems. > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Just downloaded 5.0 and successfully burnt the discs. > > Unfortunately I have been unable to get my system to boot with the discs. Disc 1 works fine with others systems, however. > > I can boot the system with a windows disk without problems, so the CD-ROM drive appears to work. > > I can boot the system with the floppies, but when I try to install from the CD-ROM drive it says it there was an error mount /dev/adc0. > > I'm using a promise Ultar133TX2 ata adapter which is supported by FreeBSD according to the documentation. The card sees both the HD and the CD-ROM. > > I used Nero Burning ROM to burn the disc. I created an Image from the ISO. Did I burn the disc incorrectly? The ISO already *is* an image. If you get a directory listing of the CD in e.g. win32 do you see 1 enormous file or the BSD CD structure? If the disk was burned improperly, you'll see just 1 large file on the CD and not the correct file structure. HTH - JB # John Bleichert # http://vonbek.dhs.org/latest.jpg To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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