Date: Fri, 7 Mar 2003 12:29:52 -0700 From: Nigel Soon <ns@sundive.homeunix.net> To: scott mcclellan <scottmcclellan@starband.net> Cc: wolfryder@qwest.net, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Thanks for the response... Message-ID: <20030307192952.GB45444@sundive.homeunix.net> In-Reply-To: <000401c2e4d7$dcdf79d0$4b944094@mooeymachine> References: <000401c2e4d7$dcdf79d0$4b944094@mooeymachine>
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This question may have already been asked but how are you exactly burning the image. Just making sure your not just burning the file on the CD :) On Fri, 07 Mar 2003, scott mcclellan wrote: > Not sure how to reply to the threads on the freebsd lists, but will > probably post there with an update to all this soon. > > I did do the ole' switch of jumpers (two times as I didn't know which > posts were designated for MASTER - trial and error I guess). So now the > system sees the CD-ROM as the Secondary Master (which is a good thing > I'm supposing) > > And I did take another poster's advise in burning the ISO image at a > slower speed (4x is as low as I get), but I'm still at a point where the > system responds with: > Boot from ATAPI CD-ROM: Failure... > No /boot/loader > > > I assume that ATAPI is the model of the CD-ROM the system found. But, > the 'Failure..." has me stumped. Is it possible that although the system > (and FreeBSD) recognize the type of CD-Rom I have, but FreeBSD just > doesn't support it [Creative Infra1800]. I admit when looking at the > supported hardware, I didn't see Creative on the list - but then what's > up with ATAPI? > > I apologize. A lot of my questions are rhetorical in that I just need to > 'vent' (if I don't talk to myself, then I type to myself). And as > another poster put it 'Don't throw out the old machine, just have > patience' - as you've stated also. I have patience (and an occasional > temper). Although my hostility factor towards this so far is only at > about 3. > > Thanks again, and if you have anything else to add (not to my misery > please), feel free. > > Scott McClellan > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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