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Date:      06 Feb 2003 10:29:29 -0500
From:      Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.no-ip.com>
To:        Stephen Cravey <cravey@gotbrains.org>
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.ORG, current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Unable to boot 5.0-R CD error
Message-ID:  <44y94tmnqe.fsf@be-well.ilk.org>
In-Reply-To: <20030205074909.Y92155@www.gotbrains.org>
References:  <20030205074909.Y92155@www.gotbrains.org>

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Stephen Cravey <cravey@gotbrains.org> writes:

> I'm getting an error when trying to boot any of the 5.0-RELEASE cd's
> something like:
> 
> CD Loader 1.01
> Building txxx boot loader arguments
> Could not find primary volume descriptor
> 
> 
> and then it dies there. txxx is illegible in my notes, but somehow I don't
> think that is significant. When booting from floppy, I have to install
> additional drivers from the driver floppy to be able to install from CD.
> 
> The device line from dmesg after installation is:
> 
> acd0: CDROM <GCD-R580B> at ata1-master PIO3
> 
> I have a vague recollection of a problem similar to this sometime in the
> 4.x tree, but specifics totally escape me.

If you can boot from floppy, do that.

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