Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2005 13:42:23 -0500 From: Mark Jones <mark.jones.netins@gmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Unable to install 5.4 from CDROM Message-ID: <ba355cfa05091611426d68986f@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <432AD7C1.4030806@mediamill.co.za> References: <ba355cfa0509160717978ceb9@mail.gmail.com> <432AD7C1.4030806@mediamill.co.za>
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On 9/16/05, Gavin McDougall <lists@mediamill.co.za> wrote: > Mark Jones wrote: > > I'm having an odd problem installing 5.4 release from CDROM. > > > > The machine is an HP ProLiant DL145. It didn't come with a CDROM drive,= I > > borrowed one from a Dell PowerEdge SC1425. > > The CDs are good, I've installed on other machines with them - in fact,= on > > the same machine that I borrowed the CDROM from. > > > > I can boot from the CD with no problem. I go through sysinstall all the= way > > through the part where I select what sources to install. Sysinstall wri= tes > > the MBR and fsck's the drive with no problem. But then when it goes to > > install the source and packages from CD, it says it can't read the CD. > > > > Any idea what's going on here? >=20 > Hi Mark, >=20 > Some cdrom drives read better than others and some read well only when > they want to. >=20 > It sounds like it could be one of two things:- >=20 > * Either your cdrom drive is fscked....or near about. > > * Or you have a dodgy copy of 5.4. The cdrom drive is OK ... I put it back in it's original server and installed linux there. I'm 99% sure now that I damaged my freebsd CD sometime after I last used it. Since the newer server needs it's own cdrom anyway, I'll just be lazy and order one, then see how it goes. Thanks for your comments! --=20 Mark
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