Date: Tue, 26 Oct 1999 14:04:31 -0400 (EDT) From: Michael Lucas <mwlucas@blackhelicopters.org> To: mtomko@prime.cs.ohiou.edu Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, doc@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Install From ATAPI CD ROM Message-ID: <199910261804.OAA94788@blackhelicopters.org> In-Reply-To: <19991026124632.A752@s4067.south-green.ohiou.edu> from Mark Tomko at "Oct 26, 1999 12:46:32 pm"
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> I'm trying to install FreeBSD 3.3 from a CDROM but I'm running into a quirk > in either my hardware or the boot floppies. The same problem occurs when I > boot from the floppies I made or the CD I got from LSL. After I configure > the kernel and the partition information, the install program asks for the > install source. It claims that there is no CD ROM device present on my > system. > > I'm using a Sanyo CRD-1332P drive, which is an ATAPI CDROM drive. Any > suggestions? Thanks! Sigh. Docs crew, can we get this FAQ'd, please? I'm writing this up nice and detailed this time for exactly this purpose. (If it's already FAQ'd, please pass me a URL and a pointy hat.) "I booted off my ATAPI CD-Rom, but the install program says no CD-Rom is found. Where did it go?" The usual cause of this problem is a misconfigured CD-Rom drive. Many PCs now ship with the CD-Rom as a secondary slave, with no secondary master. This is illegal according to the ATAPI specifications, but Windows lets you get away with it. Reconfigure your hardware so that the CD-Rom is on a controller with a master, either by adding a master device or making your CD-Rom the master. ==ml To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message
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