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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!uunet!in1.uu.net!134.48.1.31!spool.mu.edu!sol.net!spool.mu.edu!newsspool.sol.net!howland.erols.net!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!cam-news-feed3.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!towncrier.osf.org!not-for-mail From: kish@paperboy.osf.org (Bill Kish) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,muc.lists.freebsd.questions Subject: Re: Help: Install from Ibm Thinkpad 755CD CD-ROM? Date: 26 Jun 1997 14:21:43 GMT Organization: The Open Software Foundation / The Open Group Lines: 24 Message-ID: <5otttn$un5$1@towncrier.osf.org> References: <867185154.10674@dejanews.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: shaws4.camb.opengroup.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Newsreader: TIN [UNIX 1.3 unoff BETA release 960822] Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:43564 In comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc andradb@gov.on.ca wrote: > Any assistance would be appreciated. I'm trying to install FreeBSD 2.1.6 > from CD-ROM on my IBM ThinkPad 755CD. The CD ROM is FRU P/N 85G1914, ASM > P/N 84G6361 -- In MS-DOS mscdex the driver is listed as TPCD001. > I haven't been able to get the FreeBSD install to recognize the CD-ROM ....snip... > Brian Andrade > andradb@gov.on.ca I was able to get the IDE Cdrom on my 755CD working w/ FreeBSD as follows: 0) Copy fbsdboot and install kernel to dos drive c: 1) remove jumper S5 from CDROM (No idea what this does, trial&error!) 2) Power up the system, boot dos w/ F5, don't load the cdrom driver as this confuses the drive and FreeBSD will not recognize it. 3) run fbsdboot -D kernel.ide (or just kernel if no special ide kernel) Good Luck, -BK