From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Mar 21 17:47:15 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from b.mx.crl.com (bmx.crl.com [165.113.1.81]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3B4AB150CC for ; Sun, 21 Mar 1999 17:47:09 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from anarchy@crl.com) Received: from crl.crl.com (crl.com [165.113.1.12]) by b.mx.crl.com (8.8.7/) via SMTP id RAA06853 for ; Sun, 21 Mar 1999 17:46:49 -0800 (PST) env-from (anarchy@crl.com) Date: Sun, 21 Mar 1999 17:46:49 -0800 (PST) From: Ben Manes To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: stalling cdrom 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 I just got FreeBSD 3.1 from Walnut Creek, the Complete FreeBSD hasn't come yet. So, I've been reading from online faqs, but the root of the problem I don't think comes from my ignorance of being new to unix. After I've told setup what to install, setup the partitions, etc, it begins downloading the files from the cd. Midway through the first set, the cdrom hangs and wont copy files any longer. This has happened over and over, and I let it rest the night thinking perhaps it was overheating (its a scsi system, 6x plextor caddy, id 5). Each time it stalls its around 40%, sometimes earlier or later. When it tries to reinitallize, it usually wont even start, or if it will it will only go a few percentage points. I tried putting it in my yamaha cdr (6x2x2x, id 4), and it will boot off the cd fine, but when I tell it to copy from cd at the same step, it says there is no valid cdrom with a cd in it. The same would happen on RH Linux, if I remember correctly. I've tried leaving the kernal as is, and removing the unnecessary drivers in visual mode. Any ideas? BTW, I've been doing this all from booting the cdrom. System: P-200 + 64mb ram Adaptec 2940UW IBM (id 1), Seagate (id 2) id3 left open Yamaha cdr (id 4), Plextor (id 5) no ide (turned off in bios) standard misc devices (sound, modem, etc) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message