From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Sep 29 09:58:18 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E95CB16A41A for ; Sat, 29 Sep 2007 09:58:18 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fernando.apesteguia@gmail.com) Received: from wa-out-1112.google.com (wa-out-1112.google.com [209.85.146.183]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BF92713C49D for ; Sat, 29 Sep 2007 09:58:18 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fernando.apesteguia@gmail.com) Received: by wa-out-1112.google.com with SMTP id k17so3930407waf for ; Sat, 29 Sep 2007 02:58:18 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; bh=sA7aawi66UdrPmNbGr2f9FGjRlJw3TQl0VMNTNmGGPw=; b=mUU3qp9CKh1MGic2hSbVwe8rHwlf7NiLKv6Ep/f9hWD4GIV7Q8Myj9hSSxwltCJf5d1aZpdw6HfcN2g1iOAzfYxh9IYdJW3pPGBw8Yl6qNeagLEePeSR3aKCEAhZH55EUaY3vHhD11ySJ4Yoc3ClRHeH15v+y9bAi3803XHZVBo= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=mVZ7Z5RTC0E09ljPFTHo+0lKTSPniUmZ7Nn/acEWCACWpDtRY0MvYivbOptMI6BvDc1/qDGj/9XWmghg0GWhUyGuAJ1kUZ4am6PeYKGr355lL7bPt5FmMgrsFJ/Vj1A3SB2KSzeVkGo3xRh9+bpp+8FZhSfSlVPnOlMwhg4jF5o= Received: by 10.114.161.11 with SMTP id j11mr1217541wae.1191059897925; Sat, 29 Sep 2007 02:58:17 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.114.27.4 with HTTP; Sat, 29 Sep 2007 02:58:17 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <1bd550a00709290258x317776b3jd7757a173434346d@mail.gmail.com> Date: Sat, 29 Sep 2007 11:58:17 +0200 From: "=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Fernando_Apestegu=EDa?=" To: "Aryeh Friedman" In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline References: <1bd550a00709281558j1c1e9d91u79aa313e924a7dae@mail.gmail.com> <1bd550a00709281612p1146fa24s4944551c449fbb7a@mail.gmail.com> Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List Subject: Re: Install problems with CD X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 29 Sep 2007 09:58:19 -0000 On 9/29/07, Aryeh Friedman wrote: > Depends on the distro (some have broken drivers in the install some > don't... no matter what you will probally want to look at doing a > cvsup upgrade to a newer version once you have installed it [see the > handbook for details]). OK, Many thanks > > --Aryeh > > On 9/28/07, Fernando Apestegu=EDa wrote: > > On 9/29/07, Aryeh Friedman wrote: > > > If I remember right this is a known issue with some older distro CD's > > > (the boot code doesn't need any kind of software driver for the CD bu= t > > > the install code does)... I suggest either using a newer version like > > > 6.2 or using the install from network option for install medium. > > > > OK, > > > > But after the installation, will FreeBSD detect my DVD drive? > > > > Cheers > > > > > > > > --Aryeh > > > > > > On 9/28/07, Fernando Apestegu=EDa wro= te: > > > > Hi all, > > > > > > > > This is my very first post in this list, so I beg for your patience= :) > > > > > > > > I'm trying to install FreeBSD 6.1 on an IBM Netfinity 5000. I have = the > > > > two CD's set. > > > > The machine uses a IDE DVD drive, and 5 SCSI disks. > > > > > > > > I boot the machine and the CD starts to boot. I select the FreeBSD > > > > normal booting. Everything seems to be fine. I can see the messages > > > > about the detected devices (BIOS CDROM is cd0 and so on...) > > > > > > > > I start the installation, The disks are detected, I set up my > > > > partitions and then I select the CD/DVD media installation... and t= hen > > > > I get a No CD/DVD drive is present. > > > > > > > > The drive is working in terms of hardware (I can run several live C= D > > > > linux distros for example) and then access the CD as usual. How is = it > > > > possible that after booting with FreeBSD the sysinstall (?) program > > > > doesn't detect the cd? > > > > > > > > Thanks in advance > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > > > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > > > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@fre= ebsd.org" > > > > > > > > > >