installing 6.2 from external USB DVD-ROM drive

[Noah]

how do I identify the filesystem and/or device that the cdrom is considered?

Cheers,

Noah


Derek Ragona wrote:
> If you boot then exit sysinstall to a prompt, try to mount the external 
> drive.  If you can mount it, then rerun sysinstall and choose to install 
> from a mounted file system instead.
> 
>         -Derek
> 
> At 05:45 PM 3/10/2007, Noah wrote:
>> More details:
>>
>> I am able to boot and get to the installation utility but when I go to 
>> "choose installation media" and choose "CD/DVD" the response is "No 
>> CD/DVD devices found!"
>>
>> what can I do about this?
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Noah
>>
>>
>> Noah wrote:
>>> Hi there,
>>> is there a way to install FreeBSD from an external USB DVD-ROM drive?
>>> I am at a loss of how to do it.
>>> Cheers,
>>> Noah
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