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#! rnews 1741 bsd Followup-To: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc From: eldon@arex.com (Eldon Chan) Subject: Re: Installing problems References: <32D82275.2B24@hem.passagen.se> X-Newsreader: News Xpress 2.0 Beta #2 Date: Wed, 15 Jan 97 16:03:29 GMT Message-ID: <#wZac3vA8GA.118@news.arex.com> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Lines: 26 Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.mel.connect.com.au!news.syd.connect.com.au!phaedrus.kralizec.net.au!news.mel.aone.net.au!grumpy.fl.net.au!news.webspan.net!www.nntp.primenet.com!nntp.primenet.com!dciteleport.com!usenet.logical.net!node2.frontiernet.net!newsfeed.vivanet.com!myth.vianet.on.ca!news2.insinc.net!news.arex.com!arex1 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:34086 In article <32D82275.2B24@hem.passagen.se>, Anton Hörnquist <one@hem.passagen.se> wrote: >Hi. > >I have the FreeBSD 2.1.5 disc and I'm trying to install it on my new >computer (an AST Advantage). The problem is, the installation program >cant detect my Toshiba XM-5602B CD-ROM drive. > >I've tried to copy the whole dists directory on to the first partition >of my harddrive, but that didn't worked either. The installation says >something like "read -1 bytes from dist" and gives me an option to >retry or skip. > >My Toshiba drive is an ATAPI drive, so why wont it work? Seems like I >cant boot FreeBSD with it. > >Any suggestions? > >Anton Hörnquist. > >(Sorry about my english) I don't think Your version of BSD will support this model of CD ROM. Please try to use SCSI standard. They work better on unix system and easier to support. !!!!!!!! You conldn't copy the CD to Hard Disk. Because the system file is not in dos format. eldon@arex.com eldon@arex.com