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Date:      Wed, 19 Jul 2000 11:46:48 -0500
From:      "Michael D. Norwick" <norwicks@rconnect.com>
To:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Installation fails with "CD-ROM NOT FOUND".
Message-ID:  <3975DB78.DE2384EC@rconnect.com>

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Experience:  Successful Debian Linux installs since 1993, Also using a
QNX
             distribution for data acquisition.

System:  Zeos 486-DX266 VLB system with 1 on-board ide controller, 1
Adaptec          AHA1542CF SCSI adapter.  System boots from a 340M WD
Caviar hd,                   which is a master for a 210 WD Caviar hd. 
The 1542 has an ibm                   500M hd and a Toshiba 3401TA
cd-rom attached to it at scsi addresses                   7, 1 and 2,
respectively.  Cirrus Logic CL-GDXX series video board.
1                            Intel EtherExpress 8/16 network card.

Problem:  Trying to install from the 4.0 March 2000 Walnut Creek
distribution           using the boot and root floppies.  Installation
stops at searching           for the cd-rom.  It can't find it because
the card wasn't probed           (the ibm scsi hd wasn't found either). 

Tried:  Reading the F*&#(@! manual, errata.txt, hardware.txt,
install.txt,                         readme.txt, book.txt, the faq and
searched the mailing list archives.
        I have set the AHA1542 per hardware txt.  Set the EtherExpress
per the 
        hardware.txt.  Pulled the EtherExpress, and manually set
the         board parameters in the CLI screen.  The farthest I got was
a prompt         telling me that the system was letting the scsi system
"rest" for 15         seconds (at which point it locked up).  I KNOW I
have my termination         correct, I KNOW my boards and cables are
serviceable.

Please tell me what I am missing.

Thanks,

Michael


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