Date: Mon, 24 Apr 2000 19:49:54 -0700 From: Kent Stewart <kstewart@3-cities.com> To: Phiber 0ptik <maxsecure@hotmail.com>, FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: ATAPI CDROM Message-ID: <390507D2.6279FDBE@3-cities.com> References: <20000425013316.86158.qmail@hotmail.com>
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Phiber 0ptik wrote: > > ok, I am running a pentium 166 with 16 megs of RAM and a 1.6 gig HD. > The CD-ROM is the secondary IDE controller, and its an X12ATAPI CD-ROM > I am trying to install FreeBSD 3.2, and I run into the problem where during > the installation it says 'No CD-ROM device found' When your system boots, it should list the IDE devices. If they go by too quickly, you can press the pause button (?) and it will stop and let you look at the choices. At that point, it should list your cdrom as either a secondary master or a secondary slave. The secondary slave is bad because it means you will have to move a jumper on the back end of the cdrom. There are usually 3 or 4 pairs of pins and one will have something like ma (master), sl (slave), and a 3rd for cs (or cable select). It has been around 17-18 years since I used anything in the csel connection. You need the Berg jumper in master position. During the installation you come to a menu option where you can choose the installation media, you want to choose CDROM. It has been a while since I had to think when I was doing this but sometimes you are offered brandnames that are proprietary to products like SoundBlaster cards and you don't have one of these CDROM's. Just to be complete, do you know what kind of CDROM it is? I'm sending this back to questions because someone may have more comments. The people answering questions are all volunteers and you don't know what part of the world any help will come from. Good luck, Kent > > >From: Kent Stewart <kstewart@3-cities.com> > >To: Phiber 0ptik <maxsecure@hotmail.com> > >CC: FreeBSD-questions@FreeBSD.org > >Subject: Re: ATAPI CDROM > >Date: Mon, 24 Apr 2000 14:55:52 -0700 > > > > > > > >Phiber 0ptik wrote: > > > > > > hello > > > > > > I was recently trying to install FreeBSD and ran into problems during > >the > > > installation. I booted from the CD ROM and then it spit this out at me: > > > > > > No CD_ROM device found > > > > > > I opened up the book and it had related problems, and the only one that > > > applied to me was the ATAPI CD-ROm problem. > > > > > > The only thing it said to do was e-mail you, so here I am. > > > >Ya! But you need to tell us something. For starters, a frequent > >problem with the CDROM is one that is misconfigured, i.e., jumpered as > >a slave on a single device setup. This violates the standard but many > >systems are forgiving but FreeBSD isn't. > > > >What are you trying to install and what kind of hardware do you have. > >Then, someone from around the world might have a chance of providing > >you with some insight into your problem. > > > >Kent > > > > > > > > Thanks a bunch > > > > > > ________________________________________________________________________ > > > Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > >-- > >Kent Stewart > >Richland, WA > > > >mailto:kstewart@3-cities.com > >http://www.3-cities.com/~kstewart/index.html > >FreeBSD News http://daily.daemonnews.org/ > > > >SETI(Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) @ HOME > >http://setiathome.ssl.berkeley.edu/ > > ________________________________________________________________________ > Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com -- Kent Stewart Richland, WA mailto:kstewart@3-cities.com http://www.3-cities.com/~kstewart/index.html FreeBSD News http://daily.daemonnews.org/ SETI(Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) @ HOME http://setiathome.ssl.berkeley.edu/ Hunting Archibald Stewart, b 1802 in Ballymena, Antrim Co., NIR http://www.3-cities.com/~kstewart/genealogy/archibald_stewart.html To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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