From 8e9ddf2e780b3c92052c1388c1b5c455f6926d8b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Nik Clayton Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2000 21:58:01 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Add a question about booting from ATAPI CD-ROMs which then disappear when you try to install from them, typically because they're the slave on an IDE controller with no master. Based on text from Michael Lucas --- en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml | 25 ++++++++++++++++++++++++- en_US.ISO_8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml | 25 ++++++++++++++++++++++++- 2 files changed, 48 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml index ee384165f9..ae6aa1bd25 100644 --- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml +++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml @@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ - $FreeBSD: doc/en_US.ISO_8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml,v 1.61 2000/06/14 19:49:18 alex Exp $ + $FreeBSD: doc/en_US.ISO_8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml,v 1.62 2000/06/20 11:12:00 alex Exp $ This is the FAQ for FreeBSD versions 2.X, 3.X, and 4.X. All entries @@ -1409,6 +1409,29 @@ FTP client if you can. + + + I booted from my ATAPI CD-ROM, but the install program says no + CD-ROM is found. Where did it go? + + + + The usual cause of this problem is a mis-configured CD-ROM + drive. Many PCs now ship with the CD-ROM as the slave device on + the secondary IDE controller, with no master device on that + controller. This is illegal according to the ATAPI specification, + but Windows plays fast and loose with the specification, and the + BIOS ignores it when booting. This is why the BIOS was able to + see the CD-ROM to boot from it, but why FreeBSD can not see it to + complete the install. + + Reconfigure your system so that the CD-ROM is either the + master device on the IDE controller it is attached to, or make + sure that it is the slave on an IDE controller that also has a + master device. + + + Help! I can't install from tape! diff --git a/en_US.ISO_8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml b/en_US.ISO_8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml index ee384165f9..ae6aa1bd25 100644 --- a/en_US.ISO_8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml +++ b/en_US.ISO_8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml @@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ - $FreeBSD: doc/en_US.ISO_8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml,v 1.61 2000/06/14 19:49:18 alex Exp $ + $FreeBSD: doc/en_US.ISO_8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml,v 1.62 2000/06/20 11:12:00 alex Exp $ This is the FAQ for FreeBSD versions 2.X, 3.X, and 4.X. All entries @@ -1409,6 +1409,29 @@ FTP client if you can. + + + I booted from my ATAPI CD-ROM, but the install program says no + CD-ROM is found. Where did it go? + + + + The usual cause of this problem is a mis-configured CD-ROM + drive. Many PCs now ship with the CD-ROM as the slave device on + the secondary IDE controller, with no master device on that + controller. This is illegal according to the ATAPI specification, + but Windows plays fast and loose with the specification, and the + BIOS ignores it when booting. This is why the BIOS was able to + see the CD-ROM to boot from it, but why FreeBSD can not see it to + complete the install. + + Reconfigure your system so that the CD-ROM is either the + master device on the IDE controller it is attached to, or make + sure that it is the slave on an IDE controller that also has a + master device. + + + Help! I can't install from tape!