Bug 13944

Summary: ATAPI cd-rom not boot to install, nor detect with floppy install
Product: Base System Reporter: attila <attila>
Component: kernAssignee: freebsd-bugs (Nobody) <bugs>
Status: Closed FIXED    
Severity: Affects Only Me    
Priority: Normal    
Version: Unspecified   
Hardware: Any   
OS: Any   

Description attila 1999-09-25 06:30:02 UTC
Yes I too have this problem.  I installed linux redhat 5.1, 5.2,
and
6.0.  All of which
I installed by booting from a cd-rom.  I have an AOPEN IDE
CD-ROM.  I
believe one
would call this an ATAPI cd-rom I think.  Anyways would like to
trial
free-bsd, so I
downloaded the iso image at work, burnt it too a cd, and it
booted the
work pc fine.  So
I got it home, inserted it, it would not boot from cd-rom.  So I
said
'oh well' and made
a floppy boot disk.  It detects says something like

BIOS Disk0 - disk A
BIOS Disk1 - disk C

ALAS no cd rom drive is detected :(

I hope this problem can be fixed.  As I have not had previous
free-bsd
experience I do not know
if it will boot from an older boot disk.  Can I use an older boot
disk
and still install bsd 3.3?  I dont
think this is possible.  If anyone can help in anyway I, and
whoever
else has this delemma would be
grateful?

Attila

System specs
AOPEN 6LC Motherboard
QUANTUM IDE HARD DRIVE
AOPEN CD-ROM (IDE)
Pentium II- 300 processor

How-To-Repeat: Boot with installation disk, no cd-rom detected. Boot with
free-bsd bootable cd-rom , does not boot, boot failure. Works with
redhat bootable cd-rom, and microcrap bootable cd-rom.
Comment 1 Kris Kennaway freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2001-05-24 20:27:38 UTC
State Changed
From-To: open->closed

Installation help questions shouldn't be sent to the GNATS DB. 
This doesn't sound much like a problem with FreeBSD.