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Date:      Fri, 28 Sep 2007 23:27:13 +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
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Depends on the distro (some have broken drivers in the install some
don't... no matter what you will probally want to look at doing a
cvsup upgrade to a newer version once you have installed it [see the
handbook for details]).

--Aryeh

On 9/28/07, Fernando Apestegu=EDa <fernando.apesteguia@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 9/29/07, Aryeh Friedman <aryeh.friedman@gmail.com> wrote:
> > 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.
>
> OK,
>
> But after the installation, will FreeBSD detect my DVD drive?
>
> Cheers
>
> >
> > --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 th=
e
> > > 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 the=
n
> > > 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
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