Date: Fri, 7 Jan 2000 23:04:27 -0700 (MST) From: Andrew Munkres <amunkres@nyx.net> To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Installing FreeBSD/Alpha on PC164LX from floppy disks Message-ID: <Pine.SUN.3.96.1000107225904.11753B-100000@nyx10> In-Reply-To: <3876D151.911BCB92@pacbell.net>
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On Fri, 7 Jan 2000, ick wrote: > > > Andrew Munkres wrote: > > > I successfully booted FreeBSD/Alpha on my PC164LX from floppy disks with > > the kern.flp and mfsroot.flp images on them. I had intended to install > > FreeBSD from floppy disks, but when I chose this option on the > > installation media screen, it told me that there was no floppy drive > > device. Even though I don't have a FreeBSD CD, I chose the CDROM option > > out of curiosity, and it said that there was no CDROM drive, even though I > > do have a SCSI CDROM drive. It did this on both versions 3.4 and 3.3, on > > both Novice and Custom installation modes. The disk partitioning program > > recognizes the UWSCSI hard drive correctly. What could be causing the > > problem? Thanks in advance. > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message > > What version SRM do you have? Can you see the CDROM device within the SRM > console? > I have version 5.6-2 of the SRM. (I think that this is the newest version.) The CDROM device is shown when I type show config. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message
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