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Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msuinfo!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!gatech!udel!news2.sprintlink.net!news.sprintlink.net!nwnexus!jhgrud!eskimo!slsmith From: slsmith@eskimo.com (Stuart Smith) Subject: NEWBIE trying to install from CR-563-b Message-ID: <CrA3Ir.9o8@eskimo.com> Sender: news@eskimo.com (News User Id) Nntp-Posting-Host: isumataq.eskimo.com Organization: Eskimo North (206) For-Ever X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Date: Sun, 12 Jun 1994 09:54:27 GMT Lines: 36 I have WALNUT CREEK FreeBSD 1.0 I have a 'Reveal CR-563-B' CR ROM DRIVE (I assume this is actually a Panasonic drive) I have looked at various files on freebsd.cdrom.com and none of the FAQs seem to mention CR-563-B except for one article that is actually discussing OS2. So far managed to generate the 4 install floppies using DOS techniques and have installed minimal UNIX system to hard drive Base UNIX O/S will boot from hard disk OK I am now at the point where I need to bring down the main distribution files and documentation suggests using... load_fd or load_qic_tape or load_scsi_tape ....However I want to read from my CD-ROM drive. Does anyone know what to do next? Tried using mount -t isofs /dev/cd0a /mnt to no avail Do I need to configure cd0a somehow? Any assistance would be appreciated Thanks Stuart