Date: Tue, 23 May 2000 10:04:27 -0400 From: Mike <mike@rockatronic.com> To: Phoneless Cord <blackdeth_@hotmail.com> Cc: "FreeBSD-Questions@FreeBSD.ORG" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Error mounting /dev/acd0c on /dist during install; can't init. selected medi Message-ID: <392A8FEB.D82E51D2@rockatronic.com> References: <20000523040028.80101.qmail@hotmail.com>
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I had that error once installing on an older (bios) machine. My work-around was to use the two boot floppies (kern & mfsroot) and then choose the cd media from the install menu. Worked fine for me. Phoneless Cord wrote: > > I've searched everywhere, and haven't seen anything that can fix this > problem. > I burned FreeBSD 4 ISO to a CD, then used it to boot a p133 Compaq. It got > through everything fine, fdisk etc, wrote all the file system information > successfully, started the emergency shell on tty4, then gave me: > "Error mounting /dev/acd0c on /dist: Input/output error(5)" > After that, it gave me: > "Unable to initialize selected media." > Any help/ideas would be appreciated. > ________________________________________________________________________ > Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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