From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Mar 11 16:48:37 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id QAA25939 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 11 Mar 1997 16:48:37 -0800 (PST) Received: from who.cdrom.com (who.cdrom.com [204.216.27.3]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id QAA25920 for ; Tue, 11 Mar 1997 16:48:34 -0800 (PST) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (gdi.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.30]) by who.cdrom.com (8.8.5/8.6.11) with ESMTP id QAA12017 for ; Tue, 11 Mar 1997 16:48:19 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.5/8.6.12) with SMTP id QAA03024; Tue, 11 Mar 1997 16:46:56 -0800 (PST) Date: Tue, 11 Mar 1997 16:46:56 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White X-Sender: dwhite@localhost Reply-To: Doug White To: Chun Lau cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Question about FreeBSD 2.1.6 installation In-Reply-To: <3.0.32.19970311171611.007bebc0@mail.vt.edu> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Tue, 11 Mar 1997, Chun Lau wrote: > I would like to install FreeBSD 2.1.6 onto my personal computer from the > CD-ROM. Unfortunately, FreeBSD doesn't recognize my CD-ROM, so I could > install it from the CD. I have a Acer IDE 8X CD-ROM. So, is there any > program or file that I can get to help me get FreeBSD to recognize my > CD-ROM. Also, I am think about getting a Toshiba ATAPI 12X CD-ROM, I would > like to know if it is compatible with FreeBSD 2.1.6. IDE interfaced CDs have a 50/50 chance of working. The best thing to try is to put the CD as the slave device on the primary controller. That seems to get the best results. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major