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From: Gabor Kincses <gabor@acm.org>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Install FreeBSD 2.1.6 from IDE CD-ROM???
Date: Thu, 30 Jan 1997 12:29:58 -0600
Organization: University of Wisconsin, Madison
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Playboy wrote:
[ Cool hardware config/kernel rebuild snipped ]
> Creative 8x CD-ROM (connect at Primary Master IDE port)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Make it the slave. Even if you don't have a master.
This has been posted 10-gazillion times. Please read
earlier posts.
>
> In FreeBSD handbook Chapter 2.2.1. "Before installing from CDROM". I find
> this message:
>
> [NOTE: If you are running FreeBSD 2.1-RELEASE and have an IDE CDROM, use
> the inst_ide.bat or atapiflp.bat batch files instead].
>
> where is "inst_ide.bat" and "atapiflp.bat" ?
2.1.5 and above deprecated the atapiflp.bat concept. The atapi
driver is in the standard boot image. The book should be updated.
Actually the author (grog) posted his changes to the book about a
week or two ago. Should these standard messages be reposted every
week on .announce (as FREEBIE, IF YOU ARE A POOR SOUL AND YOU
POSSESS ONE OF THEM ATAPI CD-ROMS, PLEASE, PLEASE README FIRST),
are they in the FAQ? It seems that every other day I find 10-20
questions regarding the same boring old newbie topic... I don't
mean to blame newbies at all, only those who don't even read at
least the bare minimum prerequisites (incl. this newsgroup 2-3
days back).
--
Gabor Kincses
(gabor@acm.org)