LG combo drive and Attansic Technology ethernet card on Asus P5Q Pro

[Giuseppe Pagnoni]

Dear FreeBSD experts,

I am trying to install FreeBSD 7.0 on a new i386 machine with no OS
installed yet.  I start the install process with the 1st CD of the
distribution, and I go through the partition phase with no problem.
However, when I get to the point where I select the installation media
(CD/DVD) it says that it cannot find the CD/DVD.

I read on the FAQ list on the FreeBSD site that this can happen when
the drive is configured as a slave with no master.  So I opened up the
box, and I saw that the drive has its own ATAPI/IDE cable/slot on the
motherboard and the jumpers on  the drive are set as MASTER.

The drive is a new LG combo drive, I believe GH22LP20 or something close to it.

I also tried to install Ubuntu and it works fine (but I really would
like to have FreeBSD!).

On an unrelated topic, does anybody know whether the network card
Attansic Technology on Asus P5Q Pro motherboard is compatible with
FreeBSD?


Any help or suggestion will be highly appreciated,

thanks in advance

  giuseppe



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