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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
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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.

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     David Rudder  -  drig@execpc.com  -  http://www.execpc.com/~drig

"Patience runs out on the junky" - Bob Weir