From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Oct 6 14:16:57 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id OAA23546 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Tue, 6 Oct 1998 14:16:57 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from resnet.uoregon.edu (resnet.uoregon.edu [128.223.144.32]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id OAA23440 for ; Tue, 6 Oct 1998 14:16:34 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by resnet.uoregon.edu (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id OAA04048; Tue, 6 Oct 1998 14:16:28 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu) Date: Tue, 6 Oct 1998 14:16:28 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White To: KC cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: CD installation prblems In-Reply-To: <001b01bdefec$c7dcd260$6fd814d1@kclark.nwlink.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sun, 4 Oct 1998, KC wrote: > I have been having problems with the installation of FreeBSD because > it doesn't see my CD player. My box is a 486 with 500 megs hard > drive. I plan on installing only FreeBSD 2.2.6 on this box using the > generic kernel. I have a Sound Blaster PnP sound card that uses it's > IDE card for the CD-ROM. At this time I have no clue on how to compile > the kernel to add it and if there is any text or if someone could lead > me in the right direction, that would be great. Try moving your IDE CD onto the primary or secondary IDE channels. The third IDE channel that the SB uses is not probed by default. > PS I have had problems joining the freebsd-newbies mailing list Like what? Doug White Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | www.freebsd.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message