From owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Apr 11 05:34:53 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3203C16A400 for ; Wed, 11 Apr 2007 05:34:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from remko@elvandar.org) Received: from caelis.elvandar.org (caelis.elvandar.org [217.148.169.59]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E4B0213C44C for ; Wed, 11 Apr 2007 05:34:52 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from remko@elvandar.org) Received: from localhost (caelis.elvandar.org [217.148.169.59]) by caelis.elvandar.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B813892FD51; Wed, 11 Apr 2007 07:34:51 +0200 (CEST) Received: from caelis.elvandar.org ([217.148.169.59]) by localhost (caelis.elvandar.org [217.148.169.59]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 53741-04; Wed, 11 Apr 2007 07:34:50 +0200 (CEST) Received: from redqueen.evilcoder-services.org (caelis.elvandar.org [217.148.169.59]) by caelis.elvandar.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0029A92FCFC; Wed, 11 Apr 2007 07:34:49 +0200 (CEST) Received: by redqueen.evilcoder-services.org (Postfix, from userid 1001) id DF80766D9; Wed, 11 Apr 2007 07:34:49 +0200 (CEST) Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2007 07:34:49 +0200 From: Remko Lodder To: Isaac Grover Message-ID: <20070411053449.GE92837@elvandar.org> References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.13 (2006-08-11) X-Virus-Scanned: Maia Mailguard 1.0.1 at elvandar.org Cc: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org Subject: Re: "No CD/DVD devices found" after booting from FreeBSD 6.2 CD 1 X-BeenThere: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Bug reports List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2007 05:34:53 -0000 On Tue, Apr 10, 2007 at 11:01:29PM -0500, Isaac Grover wrote: > Good evening, > > I am attempting to install FreeBSD 6.2-RELEASE on a Dell Dimension > C521n (no Windows pre-installed) with a Sony model DDU1615S CD/DVD > drive as the chosen boot media. Booting from the CD shows that the CD > drive shows up as cd, and after doing the fdisk/disklabel stuff, > trying to choose the CD drive as the chosen boot media gives me an > error window with the message "No CD/DVD devices found". I would > include a dmesg output if I knew how to get to it during an install. > Why can't FreeBSD see the CD drive after sysinstall starts when it can > clearly see it before sysinstall starts? > > Thanks in advance, > -- Hello, Please refer to the questions mailinglist instead first, this might or might not yet be something that the -bugs team / mailinglist should handle. You can find the information for the list on http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions Goodluck. -- Kind regards, Remko Lodder ** remko@elvandar.org FreeBSD ** remko@FreeBSD.org /* Quis custodiet ipsos custodes */