Date: Sat, 21 Aug 1999 10:27:22 -0700 From: "Dan O'Connor" <dan@jgl.reno.nv.us> To: "Carlos J Garcia" <garciacj@gate.net>, <FreeBSD-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Install help needed. Message-ID: <04c501beebfa$6e770dc0$0200000a@home> References: <002b01beebf5$8ca6a940$1cbde3c7@gate.net>
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How old is your computer (and CD-ROM drive)? I recently installed FreeBSD 3.2 on a 4-year old Dell Dimension with a 4x IDE CDROM. FreeBSD did detect it as Secondary Master, but the kernel probe took about five minutes. I replaced the old CDROM with a new el-cheapo (<$50) 24x modern-day ATAPI drive, and it works flawlessly. If you can afford it, you may want to upgrade your CDROM drive... --Dan ** The thing I like most about Windows 98 is... ** You can download FreeBSD with it! ----- Original Message ----- From: Carlos J Garcia <garciacj@gate.net> To: <FreeBSD-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Sent: Saturday, August 21, 1999 9:52 AM Subject: Fw: Install help needed. > I still can't get Free BSD to find my CD-ROM at install. > I took the CD-ROM drive out and changed the cable from master to > slave and changed the jumpers sometimes it would not even > boot from the CD . When it did boot it didnt find the CD drive. > I then tried to boot from floppy with the CD in it still didnt find the > CD drive . > > I then tried something really different. I made a boot floppy for > Open BSD and when it booted it found the CD drive the first time > it probed my computer. > > I guess my computer is set up in a way that FreeBSD can't find > my CD drive. I really want to install Free BSD but it it getting > fustrating . Will some one please help? To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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