Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2007 23:10:06 +0000 From: "Aryeh Friedman" <aryeh.friedman@gmail.com> To: "=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Fernando_Apestegu=EDa?=" <fernando.apesteguia@gmail.com> Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Install problems with CD Message-ID: <bef9a7920709281610q3de9abfcq632b7fcffea2e43a@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <1bd550a00709281558j1c1e9d91u79aa313e924a7dae@mail.gmail.com> References: <1bd550a00709281558j1c1e9d91u79aa313e924a7dae@mail.gmail.com>
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If I remember right this is a known issue with some older distro CD's (the boot code doesn't need any kind of software driver for the CD but the install code does)... I suggest either using a newer version like 6.2 or using the install from network option for install medium. --Aryeh On 9/28/07, Fernando Apestegu=EDa <fernando.apesteguia@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi all, > > This is my very first post in this list, so I beg for your patience :) > > I'm trying to install FreeBSD 6.1 on an IBM Netfinity 5000. I have the > two CD's set. > The machine uses a IDE DVD drive, and 5 SCSI disks. > > I boot the machine and the CD starts to boot. I select the FreeBSD > normal booting. Everything seems to be fine. I can see the messages > about the detected devices (BIOS CDROM is cd0 and so on...) > > I start the installation, The disks are detected, I set up my > partitions and then I select the CD/DVD media installation... and then > I get a No CD/DVD drive is present. > > The drive is working in terms of hardware (I can run several live CD > linux distros for example) and then access the CD as usual. How is it > possible that after booting with FreeBSD the sysinstall (?) program > doesn't detect the cd? > > Thanks in advance > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.o= rg" >
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