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Date:      Mon, 24 Jun 2002 00:03:39 -0600
From:      "John Nielsen" <hackers@jnielsen.net>
To:        "Jefferson Harlough" <xx_jayrod_x@hotmail.com>, <hackers@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: FreeBSD 2.2.x ISO images.
Message-ID:  <00f701c21b44$e2dc9c30$0900a8c0@max>
References:  <F167iu7hEU9TTRIdLqR000124dc@hotmail.com>

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----- Original Message -----
From: "Jefferson Harlough" <xx_jayrod_x@hotmail.com>
To: <hackers@FreeBSD.ORG>
Sent: Sunday, June 23, 2002 12:19 PM
Subject: FreeBSD 2.2.x ISO images.


>   Where might I find ISO images for the FreeBSD 2.2.x releases? Do such
> files exist?
>
>   I have an older system with a non-IDE Creative CD-ROM drive, and FreeBSD
> 4.x seems to not support that drive any more. I do have several FreeBSD
3.x
> releases, but they always hang with a kernel panic when booting via the
> included bootdisks. Would the FreeBSD 2.2.x series of releases work with
> such a CD-ROM drive?

You CD-ROM is _probably_ usable under 4.x with one of either the mcd, scd,
or matcd drivers.  These have been removed from the GENERIC kernel, but are
still available as options for a custom kernel.  See their respective
manpages (as well as LINT) for more info.

JN


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