Date: Fri, 19 Nov 1999 14:21:53 -0800 (PST) From: Woody Carey <wcarey@wcarey.com> To: Stuart Rogers <srogers@cableregina.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Atapi CD Problem Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9911191419190.73750-100000@mail.wcarey.com> In-Reply-To: <000a01bf32e2$80c5af20$23144818@cableregina.com>
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On Fri, 19 Nov 1999, Stuart Rogers wrote:
> Yes hello I just ordered and Received the FreeBSD power pack 3.3
> and was wondering why it stops doing anything as soon as the indicator
> bar comes up to tell you how much data has been transfered. I'm figuring
> this is a problem with my CD-ROM. I'm using an ASUS 40X IDE drive.
> Please let me know if you have any solutions.
>
Ahh, another piece of info I found in errata.txt:
The 3.3 ISO image (and 3.3 CDROM #1 from Walnut Creek CDROM)
mysteriously fails to boot on an ATAPI CDROM device but works
with SCSI CDROMs (on adaptors which support bootable CDs).
Fix: Either install using boot floppies (see floppies/README.TXT)
rather than booting from the CDROM or grab the updated ISO image
from:
ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/i386/ISO-IMAGES/
See also the CHECKSUM.MD5 file in that directory to verify whether
you have the "old" or new image - some mirrors may be slow
in picking up the uncompressed and gzipped versions of the ISO 9660
installation image. As always, Walnut Creek CDROM will also provide
replacement CDs (once they become available) on request to purchasers
of the 3.3-RELEASE product.
This problem was caused by a bug in mkisofs which we're still
chasing but have, for now, simply worked-around.
cheers,
woody
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