Date: 06 Feb 2003 10:29:29 -0500 From: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.no-ip.com> To: Stephen Cravey <cravey@gotbrains.org> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Unable to boot 5.0-R CD error Message-ID: <44y94tmnqe.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> In-Reply-To: <20030205074909.Y92155@www.gotbrains.org> References: <20030205074909.Y92155@www.gotbrains.org>
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Stephen Cravey <cravey@gotbrains.org> writes: > I'm getting an error when trying to boot any of the 5.0-RELEASE cd's > something like: > > CD Loader 1.01 > Building txxx boot loader arguments > Could not find primary volume descriptor > > > and then it dies there. txxx is illegible in my notes, but somehow I don't > think that is significant. When booting from floppy, I have to install > additional drivers from the driver floppy to be able to install from CD. > > The device line from dmesg after installation is: > > acd0: CDROM <GCD-R580B> at ata1-master PIO3 > > I have a vague recollection of a problem similar to this sometime in the > 4.x tree, but specifics totally escape me. If you can boot from floppy, do that. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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