Date: Tue, 27 Aug 1996 12:09:37 +0300 From: Nadav Eiron <nadav@barcode.co.il> To: Paul DuBois <dubois@primate.wisc.edu> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 2.1 on Dell OptiPlex 180 Message-ID: <3222BB51.4A5D@barcode.co.il> References: <199608262032.PAA08757@night.primate.wisc.edu>
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Paul DuBois wrote: > > I have a Dell OptiPlex Pentium Pro 180, and and trying to install > FreeBSD 2.1 on it. My question is this: the machine has an EIDE CD-ROM, > but when I boot from floppy, the install process says it doesn't find a > CD-ROM when it gets to the part about selecting an install medium. Did you use the boot floppy that supports ATAPI CDROMs? (2.1.0 has two boot floppy images). How is the CDROM configured? For best (probably only) results configure it as a slave on a controller that has a hard disk as a master. > > I notice the manual states that the IDE CD-ROM support should be considered > alpha quality. Should I simply consider what I'm seeing as a manifestation > of that, or has anyone gotten the CD to be seen on one of these machines? > If so, did you do anything special to achieve this? Don't know. The advice I just gave you should be followed for all ATAPI CDROMs on any machine. > > I've gotten around the problem by copying stuff off the CD-ROM in > Windows to a DOS partition and installing that way, but I'm wondering > if there's a way to get the install process to see my CD-ROM. Is > the IDE support better in 2.1.5? Supposed to be a bit better. Haven't tried it yet. > > Paul DuBois > dubois@primate.wisc.edu Nadav
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