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From: j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Installing FreeBSD ???
Date: 1 Sep 1996 14:37:41 GMT
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"Nelson Yip" <Nyip@msn.com> wrote:

> Hi  I need help installing FreeBSD 2.1.5
> In the  last phase of installation i get an error
> mounting /dev/cd0a on/cdrom input/output error (5)
> What is that????

An IO error.  Which CD-ROM drive?  Any additional messages (in
particular on screen 2 (Alt-F2), where the console messages go to)?

-- 
cheers, J"org

joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE
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