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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!news.sprintlink.net!gate2.internet-eireann.ie!usenet From: euromall@internet-eireann.ie (David Moore) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Unable to install from CD Date: Mon, 03 Jul 1995 22:25:22 GMT Organization: Internet Eireann Lines: 21 Message-ID: <3t9qvn$eln@gate2.internet-eireann.ie> NNTP-Posting-Host: euromall.internet-eireann.ie X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent v0.55 HELP sd(1,a) was I thought the most wonderful thing I had ever seen after spending hours trying to get past 'unable to mount root'. The install notes seem to have let me down again. Now that I am on the hard drive to continue with the installation I choose CD-Rom. The notes say I will now be prompted for the 'installation subdirectory'. I'm not. It asks for type of CD, I choose mitsumi and it tells me 'unable to mount /dev/mcd0a /mnt' (thats from memory). The CD is a quad speed IDE the manual says the interface is IDE ATAPI 1.2 (SFF 8020) The machine is a gateway 2000 dx2 66 with two western digital caviar 540mb hard disks and quad speed CD Rom. Can someone please help me out. David.