boot cdrom error

[Doug White]

On Fri, 4 Mar 2005, gaspo wrote:

> hi i have this problem now..i wanna reinstall my freebsd for have a
> fresh installation of freebsd....5.3... on my ultra5 sun server...
> but when i type:
> stop A
> ok > boot cdrom
> Can't read disk label.
> Can't open disk label package
> Can't open boot device
> ....
> how is possible?

You're using the i386 disc image on a SPARC? :)  It sounds like you may
have the CDROM drive miscabled or the master/slave/cable select jumper
incorrectly set for your system.

Its also possible the drive doesn't like the brand of CD-Rs you're using.

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