Re: Does FreeBSD have problems with SCSI CD-drives ??

Probably should've said that I have no problems booting from all other bootCDs I've tried... even windows manages to do it (which in itself is amazing since it dislikes SCSI greatly). I never had any problems with Linux, FreeBSD on the other hand seems to be a bit more nitpicking... which isn't necessarily a bad thing, it's just annoying when you can't install it easily.


Rene

Derek Ragona wrote:
I believe it is more incompatibilities with older BIOS and SCSI BIOS, etc. I have an older MB that won't boot the SCSI CD. This is really problematic as the system will boot the floppies, but cannot after booting, find the boot device. I have to mount the cd and update from the mounted cd. Once I have the system loaded on the hard drive it is fine.

I know this is of no help, just letting you know you are not alone.

-Derek


At 02:01 PM 2/28/2006, Rene Brehmer wrote:
I've got SCSI Plextor CD-drives in my computer (AMD Athlon XP-based), and ATA harddrives. When I try to install FreeBSD 6.0 booting from the CDs, it stops with "Error, unable to load kernel". I tried first with 6.0, then with 5.4. Interestingly the 5.4 installer says "Unable to load matching kernel".

I then made the install floppies, and used those to boot from, and then it installed without a problem. Although the disk slicer did make a few errors in the partition table, which I had to fix to get Windows to work properly (did a dual-boot install).

Just wondering: Does FreeBSD have an issue with SCSI CD-ROM drives, or is it just the install bootup??? Need some documentation before I can actually use it for anything, but atleast now I've figured out how to get it on my harddrive...


Rene

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