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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!col.hp.com!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!pacifier!homer.alpha.net!earth!drig From: drig@earth.execpc.com (David Rudder) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Installing from CDROM - Simple question Date: 22 Sep 1995 22:01:26 GMT Organization: Exec-PC Lines: 25 Message-ID: <43vbnm$3qa@homer.alpha.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: earth.execpc.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Hey guys, I'm installing FreeBSD for the first time. I've installed Linux a number of times, so I think I have the hang of weird installs. The install doesn't recognize my cdrom. It's on the wrong address. Rather than opening up my computer, reconfiguring my cdrom, changing Linux, Windows NT and Windows 95, is there a way to specify the address on the boot command? I'm using the FreeBSD cd from Walnut Creek using a SoundBlaster CD-ROM. To install, I type "view". I imagine the proper command line for this would be: fbsdboot -D kernel -X xxxxx replace the Xx's with the proper argument. But I haven't found any docs on fbsdboot. A FM to RT or a simple answer would be greatly appreciated. -- My opinions are my own. Don't bother my boss. David Rudder - drig@execpc.com - http://www.execpc.com/~drig "Patience runs out on the junky" - Bob Weir