From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Aug 5 19:51:27 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id TAA11863 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 5 Aug 1996 19:51:27 -0700 (PDT) Received: from access2.digex.net (access2.digex.net [205.197.245.193]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id TAA11858 for ; Mon, 5 Aug 1996 19:51:24 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (mmilbert@localhost) by access2.digex.net (8.6.12/8.6.12) with SMTP id WAA16594 ; for ; Mon, 5 Aug 1996 22:51:21 -0400 Date: Mon, 5 Aug 1996 22:51:21 -0400 (EDT) From: Michael Milbert X-Sender: mmilbert@access2.digex.net To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: help on install Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk him there, having loads of trouble installing freebsd 2.1 from walnut creek cd rom. i made the boot floppy (rawrite doesn't work on NT, so I used w95) and my 486-4/100 boots from the floppy and i can go thru the install definition process (which pkgs, what partitions, etc.), but when i get to select the source, the toshiba scsi cd rom (txm3401e1 on an adaptec 1540) is not found. the adaptec finds the cdr at boot (lists it as ID1; the 1.6gig quantum is the only other device on the chain at ID0; all term is impeccable). is this drive incompat w/ freebsd? btw, linux installed ok from this exact same setup onto another box, but I'd like to use fbsd instead. appreciate any help or experience w/ this - thanks! -mike Michael Milbert mmilbert@access.digex.net http://www.access.digex.net/~mmilbert Milbert Amplifiers, Inc. / Tube Car Audio Since 1986 / Germantown, MD 20874 USA