From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Apr 6 23:25:58 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mrs-1.smartworld.net (mrs-1-fix.smartworld.net [216.70.64.24]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9FCCB37C210 for ; Thu, 6 Apr 2000 23:25:47 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from rahuddleston@yahoo.com) Received: from rob (AnonymousCollective@1Cust158.tnt2.richmond.va.da.uu.net [63.21.138.158]) by mrs-1.smartworld.net (8.9.1a/8.9.1) with SMTP id CAA41971 for ; Fri, 7 Apr 2000 02:25:43 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <000a01bfa059$86c2a560$9e8a153f@rob> From: "Robert Huddleston" To: Subject: INSTALLATION PROBLEMS Date: Fri, 7 Apr 2000 02:21:33 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0007_01BFA037.FE1E3060" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2615.200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2615.200 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0007_01BFA037.FE1E3060 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi I'm trying to install FreeBSD 3.4 on an older machine - which I dont = believe is the problem. I'm doing a custom installation in GUI mode. = The installation is able to setup the partitions and etc ok, but when it = gets to the part where it's trying to extract data from my CD-ROM, the = CD-ROM spins up for a minute and transfers only 1024 bytes and the = screen just hangs. I went to my VTY2 and it shows a line for Generating = /etc/fstab - so I'm asuming my CD-ROM drive mounted okay but the next = line I dont understand CD9660: RockRidge Extension Now I understand the 9660 as in ISO-9660 but thats where it stops. Is = it maybe that the Rom drive I'm using is just really old and doesnt = properly support the media maybe? Its an old either 2 or 4x IDE CD-Rom drive... It did support auto-boot = surprisingly.. Didn't need the boot floppies. Please help.... ------=_NextPart_000_0007_01BFA037.FE1E3060 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

Hi I'm trying to install FreeBSD 3.4 on = an older=20 machine - which I dont believe is the problem. I'm doing a custom=20 installation in GUI mode. The installation is able to setup the = partitions and=20 etc ok, but when it gets to the part where it's trying to extract data = from my=20 CD-ROM, the CD-ROM spins up for a minute and transfers only 1024 bytes = and the=20 screen just hangs. I went to my VTY2 and it shows a line for = Generating=20 /etc/fstab - so I'm asuming my CD-ROM drive mounted okay but the next = line I=20 dont understand

CD9660: RockRidge = Extension

Now I understand the 9660 as in = ISO-9660 but thats=20 where it stops. Is it maybe that the Rom drive I'm using is just = really=20 old and doesnt properly support the media maybe?

Its an old either 2 or 4x IDE CD-Rom = drive... It=20 did support auto-boot surprisingly.. Didn't need the boot = floppies.

Please help....

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