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From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
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On Sun, 20 Apr 1997, Adam L. Simpson wrote:

> Kinda new at this... I am trying to install fbsd 2.1.7 on a pentium pro
> system with an ide cdrom.  Thus far I have been unanble to have it
> recognize the cdrom whatsoever.  The only way I have been able to utilize
> the cdrom is in the preinstallations staged when running setup through dos.

Try moving it to the slave position on the primary controller.

> I was able to get the system to boot earlier, but there is no login
> involved or anything I only get a # prompt.

Single user mode, so it must have partially installed..

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major