Date: Mon, 12 May 1997 20:00:42 -0500 (CDT) From: Yaning Wang <yaning@shell.dave-world.net> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: CDROM can not be found Message-ID: <199705130100.UAA12070@shell.dave-world.net>
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My CD is connected with a soundcard (Matshita CDROM/Panasonic Drive CR-563), however, it is supported by FreeBSD 2.2.1 according to The Complete FreeBSD (Walnut Creek CDROM). But it just can not be recognized. Each time during the installation, whenever I chose CDROM as the installation medium, the error message says: CD-ROM can not be found. (I bootup from DOS and launch the installation from the CD-ROM). Therefore, I was forced to divid my 2nd HD as two partitions inorder to use DOS partition to install (which works). The problem is the 2nd disk is too small and I do not know how to reclaim the DOS partition (I want use whole 2nd disk for FreeBSD). The bigger problem is the CD still can not be recognized. So, all those software on the CD can not be loaded. Please help, thanks. (Please also advise how to mount floppy A: drive, which is not recognized neither) My 1st HD is Western Digital 2.5G HD. It is controlled by WD EZ Drive because of the BIOS limitation. It is running under Win 95. I tried but failed many many time to install FreeBSD 2.2.1 to this disk. It seems FreeBSD has trouble to know EZ Drive. Actually, I can live with this situation (1st HD for Win 95, 2nd for FreeBSD). The problem is how and where should I install the BootMgr, so that when computer boots up I can have the choice to boot up from which disk (It seems it can only let you chose to bootup from which partition of the same disk). The only choice I have now is by switching the cable :-), to decide to use which OS. Any help is highly appreciated. My machine: Packard Bell Legend 100CD Pentium 60 Matshita CDROM/Panasonic Drive CR-563 HD1 Western Digital 2500RTL, 2.5G (Win 95, controled by EZ Drive) HD2 Seagate ST3491A, 420M (FreeBSD, can be controlled by either EZ drive or BIOS) RAM 24M -- Yaning Wang ========================================================== TP Analyst Network Service, Systems Technology State Farm Insurance Companies http://homepage.dave-world.net/~yaning
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