From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Jan 28 23:46:04 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id XAA16484 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 28 Jan 1997 23:46:04 -0800 (PST) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (gdi.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.30]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id XAA16479 for ; Tue, 28 Jan 1997 23:46:00 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.4/8.6.12) with SMTP id XAA03165; Tue, 28 Jan 1997 23:45:46 -0800 (PST) Date: Tue, 28 Jan 1997 23:45:46 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White X-Sender: dwhite@localhost Reply-To: Doug White To: Chow Chi-Ming cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Sony CDU31a not recognised In-Reply-To: <199701280426.MAA01808@cuse77.se.cuhk.edu.hk> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Tue, 28 Jan 1997, Chow Chi-Ming wrote: > Got the Walnut Creek FreeBSD 2.1.6 twin CD set and tried to install on > my 486-120, 16M ram, PCI machine with a Sony CDU31a CDROM drive > attached to a sound blaster 16 card. I booted from DOS to the > installation menu, chose novice install. I chose CDROM when the > installation asked me to select a media. It then said CDROM not found > or some such. This may be interfaced through the proprietary Sony interface. take a look at your DOS drivers, then configure the scd device as appropriate. > Are there docs/faqs comparing linux and freebsd? They are like apples and oranges -- fruit, but that's as close as they get. You might poke through the mail archives at http://www.freebsd.org. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major