Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2001 10:42:59 -0600 From: "Dimitrios Kalakanis" <dkalakan@Globeset.com> To: <FreeBSD-questions@FreeBSD.org> Subject: ThinkPad 560 CDROM install Message-ID: <271E32625B29AF458A63FF584471AA34026F17@austria.austin.inovant.com>
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Hello! ... and as most messages in this box: Please help!!! I've been trying to install FreeBSD ver 4.2 on an IBM ThinkPad 560 (Pentium 133, 40 MB ram, 1MB video) via a PCMCIA 4x Panasonic CDROM model KXL D740.=20 The unit will not boot from CDROM (any kind), so I did create the 2 floppy disks and proceeded. Early in the process it asked to probe the PC card and it did so successfully (the cdrom responded spinning the disk)! However, later on when I chose my install media to be CDROM, I received the response CDROM not found. =20 I realize my configuration is not one of those best supported, but I wonder if there is any hope for me to do the installation through the cdrom. Also, if I do the installation through ftp, would I be able to use my CDROM drive later on? My experience is with Linux. My drive is identifiable from numerous distributions, though I always have to use a special second boot disk. Is there such a disk for FreeBSD? Could I build a custom boot disk(s) (I could get access to a desktop with freebsd source on it)? Or, are there any configuration options I could provide/set during the installation? Thanks in advance! Dimitri =20 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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