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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!zombie.ncsc.mil!news.mathworks.com!europa.chnt.gtegsc.com!news.clark.net!rahul.net!a2i!bug.rahul.net!a2i!sierra.net!ppaul.sierra.net!user From: paul@sierra.net (Paul Schurwing) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: How to install from SCSI CDROM? Date: Sun, 20 Aug 1995 14:39:29 -0800 Organization: Sierra-Net Lines: 18 Message-ID: <paul-2008951439290001@ppaul.sierra.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: 204.94.39.196 Looking at various documents, it seems that FreeBSD allows one to install from any _supported_ CD_ROM drive. And the list of supported hardware says that a SCSI CD drive is OK. Why, then, can I not install from my SCSI CD drive? I have an Adaptec 1542CF controller, and a Toshiba TXM4101 drive. DOS sees the drive just fine. Using the Walnut Creek CD distribution (2.0.5), I run the install batch file from DOS, this boots the installation kernel, but when I select the CDROM as the distribution media, it tells me that it can't find a CDROM drive. What am I missing? Maybe installation _doesn't_ work from SCSI drives? HELP! and Thanks very much! Paul.