Install problems with CD

[Fernando Apesteguía]

On 9/29/07, Aryeh Friedman <aryeh.friedman at gmail.com> wrote:
> Depends on the distro (some have broken drivers in the install some
> don't... no matter what you will probally want to look at doing a
> cvsup upgrade to a newer version once you have installed it [see the
> handbook for details]).

OK,

Many thanks

>
> --Aryeh
>
> On 9/28/07, Fernando Apesteguía <fernando.apesteguia at gmail.com> wrote:
> > 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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