Date: Sun, 4 May 1997 22:48:13 -0800 (AKDT) From: Steve Howe <un_x@anchorage.net> To: Bryan Liesner <bleez@netaxs.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: CDROM installation problems Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.95q.970504224623.555C-100000@aak.anchorage.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.95q.970505012938.170A-100000@localhost>
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On Mon, 5 May 1997, Bryan Liesner wrote: just copy them off the CDROM into /usr/packages/All /INDEX /*.tgz's then use /stand/sysinstall. works for me. (if all else fails). > I recently got tired of installing my system via ftp, so I broke down > and subscribed to the CDROM distribution. When it arrived, I tore open > the box and installed 2.2.1 over 2.2. The installation went flawlessly, > as usual (for me anyway). After rebuilding the kernel, I decided to > check out some of the packages. Initially, sysinstall refused to mount > the cdrom drive, but after a few tries it did mount. I was able to > install some of the packages, but only one at a time. After installing > one package and going for another I got this error: > > matcd0: Illegal data mode for this track while reading block xxxxxxx > > OK, so I used pkg_add and tried to install manually. Same problem. > Also, if I tried to install a package with dependencies on other packages, > the first package would install, and then it would bomb out with the above > error, when pkg_add went for the next file. > > I'm using a Matshushita CR563 CDROM drive attached to a SB16 card. > I never had problems reading other cdroms. This problem is also > occurring with the live file system CD that was sent along with the > install CD. > > Anyone have a similar problem? Is my drive hosed? Is there a problem > with the matcd driver? > > > > ____ > | _ \ > | |_) |_ __ _ _ __ _ _ __ > | _ <| '__| | | |/ _` | '_ \ ====================== > | |_) | | | |_| | (_| | | | | = Powered by FreeBSD = > |____/|_| \__, |\__,_|_| |_| ====================== > __/ | > |___/ > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sleep: a sign a caffeine deprivation ... http://www.anchorage.net/~un_x -------------------------------------------------------------------------
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