Date: Sat, 10 Mar 2007 20:14:28 -0600 From: Derek Ragona <derek@computinginnovations.com> To: Noah <admin2@enabled.com> Cc: User Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: installing 6.2 from external USB DVD-ROM drive Message-ID: <6.0.0.22.2.20070310201143.0251d000@mail.computinginnovations.com> In-Reply-To: <45F34B08.9040406@enabled.com> References: <45F3422D.4030005@enabled.com> <45F34336.1040400@enabled.com> <6.0.0.22.2.20070310175332.0254ecc8@mail.computinginnovations.com> <45F34B08.9040406@enabled.com>
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Usually it is:
/dev/cd0
/dev/cd1
etc, depends on how many optical drives you have.
In sysinstall, you can go to the index of functions and from there execute
the start an emergency shell. That will start the emergency shell so you
can do the manual mount on the other virtual terminal without leaving
sysinstall.
-Derek
At 06:19 PM 3/10/2007, Noah wrote:
>if I attempt to exit sysinstall then it says the only other option is to
>reboot.
>
>
>Derek Ragona wrote:
>>If you boot then exit sysinstall to a prompt, try to mount the external
>>drive. If you can mount it, then rerun sysinstall and choose to install
>>from a mounted file system instead.
>> -Derek
>>At 05:45 PM 3/10/2007, Noah wrote:
>>>More details:
>>>
>>>I am able to boot and get to the installation utility but when I go to
>>>"choose installation media" and choose "CD/DVD" the response is "No
>>>CD/DVD devices found!"
>>>
>>>what can I do about this?
>>>
>>>Cheers,
>>>
>>>Noah
>>>
>>>
>>>Noah wrote:
>>>>Hi there,
>>>>is there a way to install FreeBSD from an external USB DVD-ROM drive?
>>>>I am at a loss of how to do it.
>>>>Cheers,
>>>>Noah
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