Date: Wed, 02 Dec 1998 08:57:22 +0000 From: Mark Ovens <marko@uk.radan.com> To: Thierry.Herbelot@alcatel.fr Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, ynelson@yahoo.com Subject: Re: Boot from CD Message-ID: <366500F2.E2D64CB5@uk.radan.com> References: <H000057c01a90fe7@MHS>
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Thierry.Herbelot@alcatel.fr wrote: > > Hello, > > There ARE problems with FreeBSD 2.2.6 and IDE CD-Roms. > Ahh, thanks. I never ran 2.2.6, I went from 2.2.5 -> 2.2.7, so I never had that problem. > If you are in this case, you'd better copy the bin and ssys (kernel > sources) distributions from the CD to a FAT16 partition, install from DOS > and then upgrade the atapi.c and atapi.h files in the kernel sources. > Then, you will have access to the CD-Rom from FreeBSD. > Does this mean that you can't install from the CD's with an IDE CD-ROM, even if you boot from DOS or a floppy? > TfH > > > Nelson Yu wrote: > > > > > > I bought the FreeBSD CDs and try to boot it from my CD-Rom directly > > > which my PentiumII system supports. I get a read error message. I > have > > > version 2.2.6. Shouldn't I be able to boot and run from the CD-Rom > > > directly? > > > > > > > Yes, you should. This points to a faulty CD (WC should exchange them > > if this is the case) or drive (can you read other CD's?). Can you view > > the contents of the CD in explorer? (I'm assuming you're running > > Windoze), . If you can read the CD in Windoze you could try doing a > > DOS boot from the CD, instructions are in one of the TXT files (not > > sure which) in the root dir of CD 1. > > > > > > > Nelson <ynelson@yahoo.com> > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > > -- > > Trust the computer industry to shorten Year 2000 to Y2K. It > > was this thinking that caused the problem in the first place. > > > > Mark Ovens, CNC Applications Engineer, Radan Computational Ltd. > > Bath, Avon, England. Sheet Metal CAD/CAM Solutions > > mailto:marko@uk.radan.com http://www.radan.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 -- Trust the computer industry to shorten Year 2000 to Y2K. It was this thinking that caused the problem in the first place. Mark Ovens, CNC Applications Engineer, Radan Computational Ltd. Bath, Avon, England. Sheet Metal CAD/CAM Solutions mailto:marko@uk.radan.com http://www.radan.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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