Date: Thu, 30 Dec 1999 20:07:43 +0000 (GMT) From: Cliff Rowley <dozprompt@onsea.com> To: Soulofwolf899@cs.com Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Before I return FreeBSD to the store... Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9912301957440.7191-100000@merlin.onsea.com> In-Reply-To: <0.8cf3908f.259c43d3@cs.com>
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> I have just one question to ask before I decide to purchase 3.4 after I > return 3.3 to the software superstore where I purchased it... have you fixed > the damned installation error which prevents me from installing the software > with an APTAI CD-ROM? Not entirely sure what you mean but... > I am happy to give FreeBSD a chance to prove itself to me but I cannot unless > I can install it! If you have not fixed it in this version then please keep > my e-mail on file so you can notify me when you have. I think people have slightly more important things to do that notify everyone personally when a specific bug/feature is fixed/implemented... > ps - after spending an hour of my time moving the blasted pin on my CD-ROM to > every possible combination, without of course the manual, in order to make a > "slave", I gave up and I have no desire to do it again. Make sure to let me > know when FreeBSD is as easy to install as ANY of my LINUX packages; > including RedHat 6.1 and TurboLinux 4. Basically, what I have found in the past is that there is a general rule of thumb when installing CD-Rom devices / hard drives. It only seems to affect FreeBSD (*shrug*). Depending on how many IDE devices you have, the configuration slightly differs, but here are two configurations that have worked for me. 2 IDE devices - 1 HDD, and 1 CD-Rom IDE0 Master HDD Slave - IDE1 Master CD-Rom Slave - 3 IDE devices - 2 HDD's and 1 CD-Rom IDE0 Master HDD Slave - IDE1 Master HDD Slave CD-Rom and on another machine, this configuration worked: IDE0 Master HDD Slave HDD IDE1 Master CD-Rom Slave - Without knowing more information about your setup, I'm not sure how else I can help (I'm not entirely sure I'm an authoritive source anyway). Please bear in mind that the only symptoms I have suffered previously have been my CD-Rom mysteriously disappearing, which I have cured with one of the above configurations. But, we all know all too well that the same bug can manifest itself in different ways with different effects. Good luck! :) Cliff To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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