Date: Tue, 17 Dec 1996 19:26:11 -0500 From: Paul Nadon <pnadon@storm.ca> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FYI: Yet another successful install by a new user.... Message-ID: <32B73A23.6585@storm.ca> References: <Pine.BSF.3.91.961213114355.635A-100000@gatekeeper.barcode.co.il>
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Nadav Eiron wrote: > > On Thu, 12 Dec 1996, Paul Nadon wrote: > > > Although I used the Walnut Creek CD, I didn't actually install from the > > CD. For some reason FreeBSD doesn't like my NEC 4X CD-ROM (if you have > > one working, please let me know how you set it up). It seems to die > > during file transfer half-way through the install. > > > > When you say "die" do you mean the machine locks up and the drive lights > stays on then it sounds (to me) like the CMD640 bug. Is your CD on a > different EIDE channel than the hard disk? If so, you should know that if > your EIDE controller is CMD640 based then you have a good chance of > hanging up FreeBSD when accessing devices on more than one channel. If > you can move the CD to be on the same controller as the hard disk, and > use only those two devices it should probably work. My apologies. I should have been more clear. I was attempting brevity. RE: my CD-ROM drive FreeBSD Install complains that it cannot create the directories (I believe that would be the root dir). I believe this happens when the files are being copied from the CD. My experience with NEC's tells me it is the fussy CD. -- Paul Nadon pnadon@storm.ca --- UNIX fun: FreeBSD - Installed!! (http://www.freebsd.org) Linux - Working on it... (http://sunsite.unc.edu/mdw/linux.html) SCO Free UNIX - Ordered (http://www.sco.com) --- "A government is a reflection of its people." -- Paul Nadon
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