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From: euromall@internet-eireann.ie (David Moore)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Unable to install from CD
Date: Mon, 03 Jul 1995 22:25:22 GMT
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HELP

sd(1,a) was I thought the most wonderful thing I had ever seen after
spending hours trying to get past 'unable to mount root'.
The install notes seem to have let me down again.
Now that I am on the hard drive to continue with the installation I
choose CD-Rom. The notes say I will now be prompted for the
'installation subdirectory'.
I'm not. It asks for type of CD, I choose mitsumi and it tells me
'unable to mount /dev/mcd0a /mnt' (thats from memory).

The CD is a quad speed IDE the manual says the interface is 
IDE ATAPI 1.2 (SFF 8020)

The machine is a gateway 2000 dx2 66 with two western digital caviar
540mb hard disks and quad speed CD Rom.

Can someone please help me out.

David.