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Date:      Wed, 12 Feb 1997 19:50:39 -0800 (PST)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
To:        George Hegyes <ceo@internetuniverse.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: ATAPI CD-ROM
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSI.3.94.970212194351.300A-100000@localhost>
In-Reply-To: <33029FF1.7036@internetuniverse.com>

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On Wed, 12 Feb 1997, George Hegyes wrote:

> I know the experimental status of ATAPI cdroms using freeBSD but I have
> a would like to install my freeBSD 2.1.6 off of my cdrom, I have
> installed it several times with no success. The system has two hard
> drives and is running MS-DOS (Windows 95) on the main hard drive, on the
> second drive I have installed freeBSD, the book "The Complete FreeBSD"
> from walnut creek mentions a file called "atapi.flp" which is used for
> creating boot diskettes for systems using IDE CDROMS, my January 1997
> CDROM does not have this file & your FTP site does not contain it in the
> FLOPPIES directory. I am very interested in getting this running as soon
> as possible, can you provide some answers or maybe the file if you think
> that will help.

Atapi.flp doesn't exist anymore. 

Try moving your CDROM to the slave position on the primary controller.

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major




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