Install problems with CD

[Fernando Apesteguía]

On 9/29/07, Aryeh Friedman <aryeh.friedman at gmail.com> wrote:
> If I remember right this is a known issue with some older distro CD's
> (the boot code doesn't need any kind of software driver for the CD but
> the install code does)... I suggest either using a newer version like
> 6.2 or using the install from network option for install medium.

OK,

But after the installation, will FreeBSD detect my DVD drive?

Cheers

>
> --Aryeh
>
> On 9/28/07, Fernando Apesteguía <fernando.apesteguia at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > This is my very first post in this list, so I beg for your patience :)
> >
> > I'm trying to install FreeBSD 6.1 on an IBM Netfinity 5000. I have the
> > two CD's set.
> > The machine uses a IDE DVD drive, and 5 SCSI disks.
> >
> > I boot the machine and the CD starts to boot. I select the FreeBSD
> > normal booting. Everything seems to be fine. I can see the messages
> > about the detected devices (BIOS CDROM is cd0 and so on...)
> >
> > I start the installation, The disks are detected, I set up my
> > partitions and then I select the CD/DVD media installation... and then
> > I get a No CD/DVD drive is present.
> >
> > The drive is working in terms of hardware (I can run several live CD
> > linux distros for example) and then access the CD as usual. How is it
> > possible that after booting with FreeBSD the sysinstall (?) program
> > doesn't detect the cd?
> >
> > Thanks in advance
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