From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Dec 16 11:57:15 1996 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) id LAA28508 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 16 Dec 1996 11:57:15 -0800 (PST) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (cisco-ts13-line4.uoregon.edu [128.223.150.153]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) with ESMTP id LAA28501 for ; Mon, 16 Dec 1996 11:57:12 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.2/8.6.12) with SMTP id LAA00359; Mon, 16 Dec 1996 11:57:03 -0800 (PST) Date: Mon, 16 Dec 1996 11:57:03 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White Reply-To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu To: Sam cc: questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Cd rom device missing for installation In-Reply-To: <199612141821.TAA18105@d1o15.telia.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Sat, 14 Dec 1996, Sam wrote: > I have bought your FreeBSD 2.1 and got stuck in the installation. > The device for my cd rom (panasonic 10x) is missing. > In the boot i have many conflicts and then i remove them, there are still > conflicts. > What to do? How to show the installation program were my cd rom is? > If i cant find it i will not to be able to complete the installation. Look for the devices that say CONF in front of them. Those are the conflicting device(s). If they are unneeded, disable them, or else change their settings, or in the case of the mouse driver & syscons, ignore it. Assuming your CDROM is ATAPI/IDE interfaced, you shouldn't need to configure anything other than ensure that the controller (wdc) it's attached to is properly configured. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major