Date: Mon, 10 May 1999 12:12:46 -0400 (EDT) From: Vince Vielhaber <vev@michvhf.com> To: Greg Quinlan <greg@qmpgmc.ac.uk> Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 40 x, ATAPI CD-ROM, not detected! Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9905101211240.12042-100000@paprika.michvhf.com> In-Reply-To: <011901be9af7$6b8301e0$380051c2@greg.qmpgmc.ac.uk>
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On Mon, 10 May 1999, Greg Quinlan wrote:
> I have a friend in Australia that is trying to install
> 3.1-Release from CD has the following problem:
>
> 1. Boots using the BIOS option "first boot device CD-ROM drive"
> 2. Boots from CD OK but after going through the normal installation
> options... and selecting the media as CD-ROM the system comes back with
> CD-ROM not found!!!
>
> He has tried everything including booting from floppies!
> Standing on his head! And turning the machine upside-down!
> :)
>
> Anyone had this problem... I have not seen it before, but I do not have any
> 40 x ATAPI CD-ROMs!
The only time I've encountered that I had the CD connected as the slave
with no master - which is an illegal configuration.
Vince.
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