Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2004 13:46:35 -0500 From: "Stewart Yaxley" <stewart_yaxley@hotmail.com> To: FreeBSD-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Newbie install goes well until... Message-ID: <BAY12-F7uTrkBFAijhF000120ae@hotmail.com>
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I am installing FreeBSD 5.2.1 on an AMD 64 3000+, w/ 512Meg RAM. Booting from CDROM with the Boot CD (pulled from the FTP site as an ISO image, burned in Win XP). All the necessary hardware is detected without errors, I am able to get as far as partioning my drives (setup root, swap, /var, /usr) and choose to install "All" from the "Choose Distribution" screen. The installation starts -- but the Boot CD returns an error "Unable to find a /dist/cdrom.inf file", and indicates that it is unable to continue with the install. The Mini-install has the /dist/cdrom.inf file, but shortly after install starts I receive a "Either this is not a Free-BSD disc, there is a problem with the CDROM driver or something is wrong with the hardware. Please fix this problem (check the console logs on VTY2) and try again." I am unable to access/eject the CD drive once these errors occur (CDROM drive goes dead). My CDROM is a Creative 52x CD5220 (occording to the Bios) and is correctly recognized by the installer. How do I check the console logs on VTY2? (or have I obtained a bad iso set?) stewy _________________________________________________________________ MSN Premium with Virus Guard and Firewall* from McAfeeŽ Security : 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?pgmarket=en-ca&page=byoa/prem&xAPID=1994&DI=1034&SU=http://hotmail.com/enca&HL=Market_MSNIS_Taglines
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