Date: Mon, 5 Jul 1999 19:00:01 -0400 (EDT) From: "Crist J. Clark" <cjc@cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com> To: bo@min.net (Brian Orbell) Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: install problem Message-ID: <199907052300.TAA15004@cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com> In-Reply-To: <4.2.0.56.19990705124256.00964d40@mail.min.net> from Brian Orbell at "Jul 5, 99 12:50:37 pm"
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Brian Orbell wrote, > I have a ATAPI CD ROM Drive and am trying to install a new version of > freeBSD onto my computer. I can not get past the step of installing from > which source (cd rom being my source) because it does not recognize my cd > rom drive. In the options menu for model of cdrom there is no option for a > ATAPI CD ROM drive. I have just purchased this copy of freebsd off your > web site so it is the latest version. I thank you for any support you can > offer. ATAPI CDROMs are always IDE CDROMs, if I am not mistaken. Your CDROM should be found during the probe of the IDE controllers. People have reported problems finding CDROMs with atypical IDE setups (e.g. a CDROM on the secondary controller as a slave, but with no device as master). How is yours set up? -- Crist J. Clark cjclark@home.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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