Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2001 17:57:26 +1000 From: "Doug Young" <dougy@bryden.apana.org.au> To: <AMDMCG@aol.com>, <jpaetzel@hutchtel.net>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: HeLP!!! i am trying to install bsd linux and it wont install or give me e... Message-ID: <03d101c0a15c$1b11fa00$847e03cb@apana.org.au> References: <30.111525ad.27cdf978@aol.com>
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Whats a "Sony CDROM cdu33a" anyway ?? If its something really weird you =
may well be out of luck. No point messing with oddball components since =
there is no shortage of common bits that work properly without the =
aggro.=20
Another point ... you mention "LINUX floppies / linuxpro5.4 / =
easylinux2.4". I can't begin to imagine what you are doing with those & =
you probably won't get much assistance on linux issues in this list ...I =
certainly won't have anything to do with linux.
I can't recall any serious problems with installing FreeBSD from any =
regular type IDE or SCSI CD drive .. as far as I'm aware there isn't =
anything weird with normal Sony ones. Well thats assuming its IDE or =
SCSI & not one of the prehistoric ones that connects to a sound card =
etc.=20
Just a thought ..... I recall hearing about an issue with IDE CD-ROM =
drives acting up if they are secondary master (or something like that). =
My IDE ones have always been primary slaves & that works fine. There is =
probably a bunch of stuff in the questions archive about this.
My suggestions are (a) beg / borrow / steal / hire a "common or garden =
variety" CD drive
(b) install from floppy (plenty of info =
about that at my Pedantic FreeBSD site)
(c) if you have permanent internet access =
do an FTP install
----- Original Message -----=20
From: AMDMCG@aol.com=20
To: dougy@bryden.apana.org.au ; jpaetzel@hutchtel.net ; AMDMCG@aol.com =
; freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG=20
Sent: Wednesday, February 28, 2001 4:49 PM
Subject: Re: HeLP!!! i am trying to install bsd linux and it wont =
install or give me e...
Doug,=20
I was trying to install FreeBsd4.2 and I am chalking it up to lack of =
support=20
on the=20
baseline image files that I am putting onto the 2 standard bootable =
"LINUX=20
floppies"=20
to bootstrap load a linux/unix/freebsd kernel into ram .... that works =
just=20
fine...=20
but the Sony CDROM cdu33a device ... does not seem to be supported by =
freebsd=20
or=20
by linuxpro5.4 or by easylinux2.4 ... which begs the question ... did =
i buy a=20
lemon=20
of a CDROM drive .. Or did Sony stop supporting it or no one has =
gotten=20
around to writing a driver or a special bootable kernel floppy image =
yet for=20
nonstandard=20
hardware.=20
Thanks again and whatever else you could add or direct me to ... to =
solve=20
this little=20
mystery ... would be greatly appreciated by me!!=20
Thanks again!=20
Andrew.=20
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Whats a "Sony CDROM cdu33a" anyway =
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No point=20
messing with oddball components since there is no shortage of =
common=20
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Another point ... you mention "LINUX =
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linuxpro5.4 / easylinux2.4". I can't begin to imagine what you are =
doing=20
with those & y<FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>ou probably won't get much =
assistance=20
on linux issues in this list ...I certainly won't have anything to do=20
with linux.</FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I can't recall any =
serious </FONT><FONT=20
face=3DArial size=3D2>problems with installing FreeBSD from any =
regular type=20
IDE or SCSI CD drive .. as far as I'm aware there isn't anything =
weird with=20
normal Sony ones. Well thats assuming its IDE or SCSI & not one of =
the=20
prehistoric ones that connects to a sound card etc. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Just a thought ..... I recall hearing =
about an=20
issue with IDE CD-ROM drives acting up if they are secondary master (or=20
something like that). My IDE ones have always been primary slaves =
&=20
that works fine. There is probably a bunch of stuff in the =
questions=20
archive about this.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>My suggestions are (a) beg / borrow / =
steal / hire=20
a "common or garden variety" CD drive</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial=20
size=3D2> &nbs=
p;  =
; (b)=20
install from floppy (plenty of info about that at my Pedantic FreeBSD=20
site)</FONT></DIV>
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size=3D2> &nbs=
p;  =
; (c)=20
if you have permanent internet access do an FTP install</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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<A title=3DAMDMCG@aol.com =
href=3D"mailto:AMDMCG@aol.com">AMDMCG@aol.com</A> </DIV>
<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A =
title=3Ddougy@bryden.apana.org.au=20
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href=3D"mailto:dougy@bryden.apana.org.au">dougy@bryden.apana.org.au</A> =
; <A=20
title=3Djpaetzel@hutchtel.net=20
href=3D"mailto:jpaetzel@hutchtel.net">jpaetzel@hutchtel.net</A> ; <A=20
title=3DAMDMCG@aol.com =
href=3D"mailto:AMDMCG@aol.com">AMDMCG@aol.com</A> ; <A=20
title=3Dfreebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG=20
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href=3D"mailto:freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG">freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.O=
RG</A>=20
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<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, February 28, =
2001 4:49=20
PM</DIV>
<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: HeLP!!! i am =
trying to=20
install bsd linux and it wont install or give me e...</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV><FONT face=3Darial,helvetica><FONT size=3D2>Doug, <BR>I =
was trying=20
to install FreeBsd4.2 and I am chalking it up to lack of support =
<BR>on the=20
<BR>baseline image files that I am putting onto the 2 standard =
bootable "LINUX=20
<BR>floppies" <BR>to bootstrap load a linux/unix/freebsd kernel into =
ram ....=20
that works just <BR>fine... <BR>but the Sony CDROM cdu33a device ... =
does not=20
seem to be supported by freebsd <BR>or <BR>by linuxpro5.4 or by =
easylinux2.4=20
... which begs the question ... did i buy a <BR>lemon <BR>of a CDROM =
drive ..=20
Or did Sony stop supporting it or no one has gotten <BR>around to =
writing a=20
driver or a special bootable kernel floppy image yet for =
<BR>nonstandard=20
<BR>hardware. <BR>Thanks again and whatever else you could add or =
direct me to=20
... to solve <BR>this little <BR>mystery ... would be greatly =
appreciated by=20
me!! <BR>Thanks again! <BR>Andrew. =
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