Does FreeBSD have problems with SCSI CD-drives ??

[Rene Brehmer]

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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