From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Dec 17 16:28:42 1996 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) id QAA03752 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 17 Dec 1996 16:28:42 -0800 (PST) Received: from mail.storm.ca (root@www.storm.ca [24.112.15.5]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) with ESMTP id QAA03743 for ; Tue, 17 Dec 1996 16:28:39 -0800 (PST) Received: from default (storm04p01.storm.ca [24.112.15.151]) by mail.storm.ca (8.8.0/8.7.3) with SMTP id TAA08859 for ; Tue, 17 Dec 1996 19:28:36 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <32B73A23.6585@storm.ca> Date: Tue, 17 Dec 1996 19:26:11 -0500 From: Paul Nadon Reply-To: pnadon@storm.ca Organization: computerActive inc. X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0Gold (Win95; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FYI: Yet another successful install by a new user.... References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Nadav Eiron wrote: > > On Thu, 12 Dec 1996, Paul Nadon wrote: > > > Although I used the Walnut Creek CD, I didn't actually install from the > > CD. For some reason FreeBSD doesn't like my NEC 4X CD-ROM (if you have > > one working, please let me know how you set it up). It seems to die > > during file transfer half-way through the install. > > > > When you say "die" do you mean the machine locks up and the drive lights > stays on then it sounds (to me) like the CMD640 bug. Is your CD on a > different EIDE channel than the hard disk? If so, you should know that if > your EIDE controller is CMD640 based then you have a good chance of > hanging up FreeBSD when accessing devices on more than one channel. If > you can move the CD to be on the same controller as the hard disk, and > use only those two devices it should probably work. My apologies. I should have been more clear. I was attempting brevity. RE: my CD-ROM drive FreeBSD Install complains that it cannot create the directories (I believe that would be the root dir). I believe this happens when the files are being copied from the CD. My experience with NEC's tells me it is the fussy CD. -- Paul Nadon pnadon@storm.ca --- UNIX fun: FreeBSD - Installed!! (http://www.freebsd.org) Linux - Working on it... (http://sunsite.unc.edu/mdw/linux.html) SCO Free UNIX - Ordered (http://www.sco.com) --- "A government is a reflection of its people." -- Paul Nadon