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Date:      Thu, 21 Mar 96 9:20:49 MET
From:      Greg Lehey <lehey.pad@sni.de>
To:        vvelasco@udgserv.cencar.udg.mx
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Inst_ide.bat found my CD-ROM but install program said not!
Message-ID:  <199603210823.JAA29311@nixpbe.pdb.sni.de>
In-Reply-To: <9603210708.AA01512@udgserv.cencar.udg.mx>; from "vvelasco@udgserv.cencar.udg.mx" at Mar 21, 96 1:08 am

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> I recently bougth (buy) FreeBSD 2.1 Jan '96, and i still trying to install
> it but i can't! too many ERRORS.
>
> First i'm on Pentium 100 Mhz Triton Motherboard, 8 Mb RAM, 256 kb L2 cache,
> HD Conner 1.28 Gb, Hitachi CD-ROM 4x, i just running inst_ide.bat and this is the good
> part:
>
> wdc0: at 0x1f0-0x1f7 irq14 on ISA
> wdc0: unit 0 (wd0): Conner Peripherals 1275 Mb - CFS1275A
> wd0: 1219 Mb (2496816 Sectors), 2477 cyls, 16 heads, 635 S/T, 512 B/S
> wdc0 unit 1 (atapi): <HITACHI CDR-7730/0008a> removable, iordy
> wdc0: 689 kb/sec, 128 kb cache, audio play, 128 volume levels, ejectable tray
> wdc0: no disc inside, unlocked
>
> Ok?? all is fine!

Where's the disc?

> But in the install program when i choose the media it appear a message
> that NO DEVICES FOUND!! what happend????

The instructions say that you need to install the CD-ROM *before* you
boot.  From the messages above, it appears that you haven't done so.
If there is a disc in the drive, then the message 'no disc inside'
shouldn't appear.

> More.. i copy /dist/bin and /floppies to my HD particion (DOS) and when i try to get
> it.. some errors about gzip error!!!

Maybe you could specify the exact message.

Good luck
Greg
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