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From: Thomas Wintergerst <thomas@lemur.nord.de>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Anyone can install from APATI IDE CDROM?
Date: Fri, 29 Mar 1996 19:48:42 +0100
Organization: Lemuria Private Computing
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Wallace Su wrote:
> 
> I am installing FreeBSD 2.1 from Walnut Creek's CDROM. I have a Mitsumi APATI
> IDE CDROM on my PC. In 2.1 it includes an 'experimental' installation program
> to install from IDE CDROM. However, when I boot my boot floppy, it does not
> recognize my CDROM (which is supposed to be wcd..). Has anyone successfully
> installed FreeBSD from IDE CDROM?
> 
> wallace

Hello Wallace,

I installed FreeBSD 2.1 some time ago from a Mitsume FX300 ATAPI CDROM drive. I 
just followed the instructions and had no problem to complete the installation. 
I did not build the boot disk, but started directly from DOS (I think). The 
machine was a 386/40 with a 240 MB IDE disk and a 1GB SCSI disk. The CDROM drive
was attached as the slave on a simple IDE host adapter.

Thomas