From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Mar 28 13:14:59 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id NAA07148 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Sat, 28 Mar 1998 13:14:59 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from python.shoal.net.au (perrya@python.shoal.net.au [203.26.44.5]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id NAA07137 for ; Sat, 28 Mar 1998 13:14:53 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from perrya@python.shoal.net.au) Received: from localhost (perrya@localhost) by python.shoal.net.au (8.8.6/8.8.5) with SMTP id HAA29882; Sun, 29 Mar 1998 07:14:39 +1000 (EST) Date: Sun, 29 Mar 1998 07:14:39 +1000 (EST) From: Andrew To: jordan cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD 2.2.5 CDROM installation In-Reply-To: <3.0.5.32.19980328212415.00797380@postoffice.newnham.utas.edu.au> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > Have Walnut Creek 2.2.5 CD. Every time i attempt to install from CD all is > fine until i arrive at select installation media. I select naturally enough > CDROM thEN get "Cannot find CDROM message..." happens and Iseem to get > caught in a loop with the only exit being Exit Install. I cant seem to > config as manual suggests as the only config possible is at CLIS or visual > Config and I have used various CD ROM configs here with no success.My CDROM > is Matushita x8 LMD 583 . Can anyone Help Please? I have heard that an ide cd-rom will only work if it is either the slave on the primary ide or the master on the secondary ide. Also I think you have to have the cd-rom in the drive when booting from the diskette (but I'm not sure about that) Andrew Perry To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message