From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Nov 5 12:06:34 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id MAA21065 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 5 Nov 1996 12:06:34 -0800 (PST) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (gdi.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.30]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id MAA21059 for ; Tue, 5 Nov 1996 12:06:32 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.7.5/8.6.12) with SMTP id MAA06616; Tue, 5 Nov 1996 12:08:33 -0800 (PST) Date: Tue, 5 Nov 1996 12:08:32 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White Reply-To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu To: Lars K Klykken cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Q: FreeBSD install on Creative CD-ROM In-Reply-To: <327F89EF.A2A@bigblue.no> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Tue, 5 Nov 1996, Lars K Klykken wrote: > I have just received the the FreeBSD 2.1.5 distribution from Walnut > Creek CDROM, but I have major problems installing it. When asked what > media to install from, I choose CDROM as I probably should, but the > program tells me that it can't find any CDROM drive. I _have_ created a > bootdisk, and I have looked into the UserEdit, trying to put the > Creative-driver port to -1 (0xffffff?) Upon boot-time, it seems to > respond that it can't find the device, and I don't have any idea how to > proceed, and would like help on this... The ATAPI/IDE CDROM driver autodetects the CDROM. Unfortunately it is not perfect and misses often. Try moving the disk to the slave position on the primary controller, and ensure you have the FreeBSD CDROM in the drive when you boot up. > CPU: 486/33 (yuck!) Not really. Our mail/web/whatever server is a FreeBSD based 486/25sx and it roars right along. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major