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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mira.net.au!news.netspace.net.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!feed1.news.erols.com!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!news.apfel.de!news-fra1.dfn.de!news-ber1.dfn.de!zrz.TU-Berlin.DE!IN-Berlin.DE!fub!mind.de!nostromo.in-berlin.de!ripley From: ripley@nostromo.in-berlin.de (H. Eckert) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: CDROM Installation Probs. Date: 21 Apr 1997 20:01:41 GMT Organization: Private access site (FreeBSD 2.2.1), Berlin, Germany, Europe Lines: 24 Message-ID: <slrn5lnht5.qoo.ripley@nortobor.nostromo.in-berlin.de> References: <5jbmfa$50r$1@news.inc.net> <01bc4d46$27d94090$3dc42299@beta> <335A5C12.41C67EA6@uiuc.edu> <5je2d0$3e3$1@news.inc.net> <335B17CD.59E2B600@uiuc.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: nortobor.nostromo.in-berlin.de Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Newsreader: slrn (0.9.3.2 UNIX) Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:39606 roubtsov@uiuc.edu (Vlad): > I think the following is true: prior to v2.2.1 the kernel that was > packed inside the boot floppy didn't have atapi cdrom support switched > on, despite it being on in kernel.GENERIC. I have an IDE cdrom and I > have verified myself that it isn't recognized when booting into v2.1.5 At least my 2.1.0 CD-ROM contains two kernels exactly for this reason. I had no problem at all installing from my IDE CD-ROM drive, using the appropriate kernel, of course. With 2.2.1 I even succeeded in using the CD-ROM from a second IDE port located on my (otherwise fairly unsupported) soundcard :-) > If you insist on installing directly from CD, either get a SCSI cdrom or > FreeBSD 2.2.1 CD (which way is cheaper? :) I'd recommend 2.2.1-Release anyway for setting up a new machine... Greetings, Ripley -- H. Eckert, 10777 Berlin, Germany ISO 8859-1: Ä=Ae, Ö=Oe, Ü=Ue, ä=ae, ö=oe, ü=ue, ß=sz. "(Technobabbel)" (Jetrel) - "Müssen wir uns diesen Schwachsinn wirklich anhören?" (Neelix)