Date: Sat, 17 Nov 2001 13:04:25 -0500 From: "Doug Reynolds" <mav@wastegate.net> To: "cjclark@alum.mit.edu" <cjclark@alum.mit.edu>, "Crist J. Clark" <cristjc@earthlink.net>, "Hexo" <hexomedine@ifrance.com> Cc: "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Problem installation FreeBSD 4.2 from CDROM Message-ID: <20011117182153.0047037B416@hub.freebsd.org>
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On Fri, 16 Nov 2001 16:28:26 -0800, Crist J. Clark wrote: >> I encounter a crucial issue when installing FreeBSD 4.2 from CDROM. The CD boots and launchs setup menu, but upon choosing media installation source, a window pops-up with a message telling me that my CDROM is not detected ! >> >> I have a IDE Sony 2x (SONY CDU77E according to Bios) and it does work perfectly under Linux (suse 7.2) and win98. CD should be ok since I used it with several computers before. I did not find any information neither in faq nor in manual nor mailing list archive. >> Could yo help me ? > >I haven't heard about people with this problem for years, but is your >CDROM set up as a slave on a controller with no master? I had a Sony 2x IDE as well. I found out that the CD didn't support ATAPI/ATA standards. and it would not boot a cdrom.. for $30 you can get a 32-40X. for $50 you can a new 52X. Why bother? --- doug reynolds | the maverick | mav@wastegate.net To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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