From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Mar 21 10:18:01 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CF85A16A4D0 for ; Sun, 21 Mar 2004 10:18:01 -0800 (PST) Received: from lakemtao01.cox.net (lakemtao01.cox.net [68.1.17.244]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4671E43D3F for ; Sun, 21 Mar 2004 10:17:59 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from bob89@bobj.org) Received: from mail.bobj.org ([68.101.86.37]) by lakemtao01.cox.net (InterMail vM.5.01.06.08 201-253-122-130-108-20031117) with ESMTP id <20040321181757.NUZP26108.lakemtao01.cox.net@mail.bobj.org> for ; Sun, 21 Mar 2004 13:17:57 -0500 Received: from bobj.wb4jcm.org ([192.168.132.167]) by neti.bobj.org with esmtp; Sun, 21 Mar 2004 13:17:57 -0500 From: Bob Johnson To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Sun, 21 Mar 2004 13:17:55 -0500 User-Agent: KMail/1.6 References: <20040321125308.C98092@ganymede.hub.org> <200403211100.41589.racerx@makeworld.com> In-Reply-To: <200403211100.41589.racerx@makeworld.com> X-Source-System: Bob's Laptop MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <200403211317.56079.bob89@bobj.org> cc: GP Subject: Re: no support! X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 21 Mar 2004 18:18:02 -0000 On Sunday 21 March 2004 12:00 pm, Chris > wrote: > On Sunday 21 March 2004 10:53 am, Marc G. Fournier wrote: > > I'd be curious as to what brands of CDrom/DVDs he's running myself > > ... I've never had a problem loading up on any CDRom I've ever > > used, and I thought that CDroms were pretty standard, like > > floppies, nowadays .. > > > > On Sun, 21 Mar 2004, Remko Lodder wrote: > > > GP wrote: > > > > On the box that you sell your FreeBSD software it says: "It's > > > > easy to turn any pc into an internet, networking powerhouse!" > > > > "... any pc ..." and still I cannot get it going!? That is > > > > because I just found out that the 3 CD-Roms and 2 DVDs I got > > > > none is compatible or supported by you. > > Let's look at his wording - The last line. Compatible or supported by > you (meaning FreeBSD I assume). > > So - where did he buy this box? Did he order it via The "Mall"? Is it > some other vender like cheap CD's or what ever it's called. > > I find this very hard to believe - so with that, Why not look to your > PC's bios and ensure that your CD Reader is set as the 1st boot > device. > > Then we'll work from there. I interpreted it to mean that his CD and DVD drives were not compatible with FreeBSD. I have some old drives that "are not compatible". One is so old it won't read a CD-R, for instance. Another few cannot boot, but I can install FreeBSD with them if I create boot floppies, as described in the instructions. More detail about his specific problems would certainly help. - Bob