From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Apr 6 23:55:15 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from colemantx.com (mail.colemantx.com [63.64.122.62]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 12CF637B963 for ; Thu, 6 Apr 2000 23:55:08 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from rarnold@colemantx.com) Received: from ronaldjr [63.64.123.161] by colemantx.com (SMTPD32-6.00) id A61C245E0086; Fri, 07 Apr 2000 01:54:20 -0500 Message-ID: <001301bfa05b$39d39960$a17b403f@ronaldjr> From: "Ronald G. Arnold Jr." To: "Robert Huddleston" , References: <000a01bfa059$86c2a560$9e8a153f@rob> Subject: Re: INSTALLATION PROBLEMS Date: Fri, 7 Apr 2000 01:33:43 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0010_01BFA031.4F6C4300" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2919.6600 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2919.6600 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0010_01BFA031.4F6C4300 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable If you'll search the archives, you'll find that custom doesn't work, so = use the novice install. More info on your computer would help otherwise. Ronald ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Robert Huddleston=20 To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG=20 Sent: Friday, April 07, 2000 1:21 AM Subject: INSTALLATION PROBLEMS 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_0010_01BFA031.4F6C4300 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
If you'll search the archives, you'll = find that=20 custom doesn't work, so use the novice install. More info on your = computer would=20 help otherwise.
 
Ronald
----- Original Message -----
From:=20 Robert=20 Huddleston
To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG =
Sent: Friday, April 07, 2000 = 1:21=20 AM
Subject: INSTALLATION = PROBLEMS

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=20 thats where it stops.  Is it maybe that the Rom drive I'm using = is just=20 really 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=20 floppies.
Please help....
 
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