misc/152874: 8.1 install fails where 7.3 works due to lack of choice of CD drive

Pete French petefrench at ticketswitch.com
Mon Dec 6 23:40:10 UTC 2010


>Number:         152874
>Category:       misc
>Synopsis:       8.1 install fails where 7.3 works due to lack of choice of CD drive
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Mon Dec 06 23:40:09 UTC 2010
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Pete French
>Release:        FreeBSD 8.1-STABLE amd64
>Organization:
Ticketswitch
>Environment:
System: FreeBSD dilbert.rattatosk 8.1-STABLE FreeBSD 8.1-STABLE #1: Fri Nov 12 13:51:58 GMT 2010 petefrench at dilbert.rattatosk:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC amd64

	HP DL360 installing over iLO2

>Description:

	trying to insall 8.1 on a machine with two CD drives fails
	with the error "The disc in your drive looks more like an Audio
	disc than a FreeBSD release". If I try and install 7.3
	instead, I get and extra step in the dialog which allows me to
	choose which of the two CD drives (cd0 or acd0) to use. The 7.3
	install works, where the 8.1 install fails.

>How-To-Repeat:

	Try and install 8.1 onto a machine with 2 drives as described
	and observe that it cant find the correct drive. 7.3 should work.

>Fix:

	Workaround is to install 7.3 and then upgrade to 8.1, but it is
	not ideal.


>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
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