Date: Tue, 8 Oct 1996 11:07:50 -0500 (CDT) From: "Paul T. Root" <proot@horton.iaces.com> To: fvarnell@znet.com (Frank Varnell) Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: atapi Message-ID: <199610081607.LAA00751@horton.iaces.com> In-Reply-To: <325A6445.52E@sd.znet.com> from "Frank Varnell" at Oct 8, 96 07:25:09 am
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In a previous message, Frank Varnell said: > > I have been unable to install freebsd on my new computer. > I have a Compaq 133Mhz Presario #4706. It has 2.5MB hard disk and > an 8x IDE CDROM (I don't know which brand).Also has Windows95. > I bought the Walnut Creek 2.1.5 Aug '96 release. It didn't have > the ATAPI.flp files mentioned in the book. So, I went back to the > 2.1 release which I had successfully installed on another > machine (dell w/ atapi). > One of the reasons I bought this machine was that I thought a popular, > mainstream machine would make an easy BSD install. > > Yes, I checked the archives (for hours!). Lot's of similar questions > but no answers that I could find. > > Here is the problem. Running the install either from CD or 2.1 > atapi.flp, after specifying the install parameters (disk > partition,x11 preferences, etc.) when the install program asks for > install medium and I specify CDROM, it tells me it can't find the > CDROM device. > Anyone able to help here? Pleeeze! The atapi boot function has been combined into the regular boot floppy, you'd don't need a special one. The atapi support in 2.1.5, I believe is beta quality. The hint that I've seen, over and over and over on this mailing list is: Put the CD-Rom on the primary IDE controller as a slave. I don't have any atapi, so I don't know any more than this. A couple of other things. The list is a little down on Compaq. There are unspecified PCI bus problems. I have two Compaq's now, and they seem to be working fairly well know. The built-in SVGA (Deskpro 2000) with a Sony monitor, causes a ton of fallout on the screen when moving a window in 1024x768 mode. Other than that, its a nice machine. -- Paul T. Root E/Mail: proot@iaces.com 200 S. 5th St. Suite 1100 PAG: +1 (800) SKY-PAGE PIN: 537-7370 Minneapolis, MN 55402 WRK: +1 (612) 663-1979 NIC: PTR FAX: +1 (612) 663-8030
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