Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2000 10:54:19 -0700 From: Kent Stewart <kstewart@urx.com> To: "Michael D. Norwick" <norwicks@rconnect.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Installation fails with "CD-ROM NOT FOUND". Message-ID: <3975EB4B.C3129047@urx.com> References: <3975DB78.DE2384EC@rconnect.com>
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"Michael D. Norwick" wrote: > > 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. I thought scsi address 7 was supposed to be the controller. Kent PS: How did you format this, it is almost unreadable. > > 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 > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- Kent Stewart Richland, WA mailto:kbstew99@hotmail.com http://kstewart.urx.com/kstewart/index.html FreeBSD News http://daily.daemonnews.org/ Bomber dropping fire retardant in front of Hanford Wild fire. http://kstewart.urx.com/kstewart/bomber.jpg To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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