Date: Wed, 06 Nov 1996 10:00:10 +0200 From: Nadav Eiron <nadav@barcode.co.il> To: klykken@bigblue.no Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Q: FreeBSD install on Creative CD-ROM Message-ID: <3280458A.2D92@barcode.co.il> References: <327F89EF.A2A@bigblue.no>
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Lars K Klykken wrote: > > Hi! > > sorry if some of you find this as a lame question answered in some of > the FAQ's or manuals (i've gone through www.freebsd.org without finding > a solution, without luck..) > > I have just received the the FreeBSD 2.1.5 distribution from Walnut > Creek CDROM, but I have major problems installing it. When asked what > media to install from, I choose CDROM as I probably should, but the > program tells me that it can't find any CDROM drive. I _have_ created a > bootdisk, and I have looked into the UserEdit, trying to put the > Creative-driver port to -1 (0xffffff?) Upon boot-time, it seems to > respond that it can't find the device, and I don't have any idea how to > proceed, and would like help on this... > > Although it's irellevant (i think) i'll specify the system details on > this machine: > > CPU: 486/33 (yuck!) > RAM: 20 HDD: 710MB > Operating system: Windows 95 (yuck!) > CD-ROM: Blaster-CD 6x PnP with ISA-controller (IDE) > > I'll greatly appreciate any assistance you may offer, as this is > starting to get me crazy... I assume your CDROM is an EIDE device. If so, connect it as the slave to the motherboards controller (on teh same bus as your hard disk) and not to teh SoundBlaster. The wcd driver does not seem to support ATAPI CDROMs connected to sound cards. > > -- > Lars K Klykken, Student at Otto Treider in Oslo, Norway > http://home.sn.no/home/kklykken/myself.html Nadav
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