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Date:      Mon, 25 Mar 1996 23:16:18 -0800 (PST)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu>
To:        MansurKhan@aol.com
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Installation
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.91.960325230411.236H-100000@riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <960325204211_361621847@emout05.mail.aol.com>

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On Mon, 25 Mar 1996 MansurKhan@aol.com wrote:

> i)  I have a NEC CDRom that seems to be visible during Bootup, I can see the
> message wdc0 NEC 7206 (or something like that) but if I try use it as the
> install media the install program just says "no CDRom found" .  If it really
> is not supported is there any thing I can do?

Are you sure it was probed?  wdc0 is the IDE controller.  wcd0 is what 
you want.

Did you use atapi.flp for the boot floppy image?

> ii)  after a minimal installation from DOS (with errors cause I did 'Novice'
> but all the files were not on the DOS drive) when I go to boot up, the system
> asks for "F1 - DOS or F5 - Disk 2".  When I say F5 it just sits there and
> does not do anything.

The geometry on your second disk was detected or set wrong.  

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major




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