> > I would check that you have the IDE interface enabled that the CD plugs > into. Have you tried booting other bootable CD's like a WinXP CD just to > see if you get it to boot from CD.
I don't happen to have any other bootable CDs handy. But, I was able to read CDs on that drive in XP. They were just videos, etc. They were not bootable, though, so I didn't attempt to boot with them. ////jerry > > -Derek > > > At 05:20 PM 8/21/2006, Jerry McAllister wrote: > >Hi All, > > > >I am trying to set up a notebook computer for someone (I only have > >towers and rackmount servers running FreeBSD myself). > > > >The machine is an IBM Z61t Lenova with 2 GHz Intel CPU, 1 GB memory > >The BIOS version is 1.06 (7FET46WW) of 2006-04-27 > > > >I has an: ATAPI CD0:MATSHITADVD-RAM UK-842-(PM) cd/dvd reader/burner. > > > >I got a USB floppy and put it on too. > > > >The boot order in BIOS is currently CD, Floppy Hard disk > > > >I have switched floppy and CD a couple of times and removed > >a number of other thing from the boot order - mostly things > >that are not actually on the machine. > > > >I was able to boot Partition Magic with the USB floppy and fix up > >the hard disk to make room. I added a FAT32 (#3) slice and an > >undesignated slice (#4). I hoped to add FreeBSD to the undesignated > >slice and use the FAT32 for communication between WinXP and FreeBSD > >since the XP slice was NTFS. > > > >But, it will not boot the FreeBSD 6.1 installation CD - it completely > >ignores it and boots WinXP, even though it looks like it is enabled > >in the BIOS. It doesn't even seem to try booting the CD and fail. > >The BIOS doesn't appear to talk to it at all. > > > >That CD worked fine in another (deskside) machine - a Dell, by > >the way. I had no trouble doing an install with it on that machine. > > > >So, I made a set of 6.1 install floppies. > >Although the Partition Magic (several years old copy) floppies booted > >just fine, when I started to boot from the boot.flp floppy it read it > >and then started repeatedly dumping some message on the screen. It > >just kept scrolling up too fast to read. It looked like it might > >be 5 or 6 lines long. > > > >Just in case it was telling me to put in the kern1.flp, I did that > >and hit enter, but it did not stop scrolling what appeared to be > >the same message, nor did it appear to read that floppy at all. > > > >I have rummaged through the BIOS setup and not found anything that > >jumps out at me that I should turn on or off. I did not find > >anything that looked like 'plug n play'. > > > >So, my obvious question is: (questions are:) > >Is there any hope of installing FreeBSD on this notebook computer? > >Is there something I can turn on or off to make it work? > >Why will the old Partition Magic floppy work, but the new FreeBSD 6.1 not? > >Why doesn't the BIOS even attempt to check the CD for a boot sector, > >but just ignore it completely and boot the HD? > > > >Thanks for any clues or solid informatino, > > > >////jerry > > > >_______________________________________________ > >freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > >http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > >To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" > > > >-- > >This message has been scanned for viruses and > >dangerous content by MailScanner, and is > >believed to be clean. > >MailScanner thanks transtec Computers for their support. > > -- > This message has been scanned for viruses and > dangerous content by MailScanner, and is > believed to be clean. > MailScanner thanks transtec Computers for their support. > > > --=====================_11370770==.ALT > Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" > > <html> > <body> > <font size=3>I would check that you have the IDE interface enabled that > the CD plugs into. Have you tried booting other bootable CD's like > a WinXP CD just to see if you get it to boot from CD.<br><br> > <x-tab> </x-tab>-Derek<br><br> > <br> > At 05:20 PM 8/21/2006, Jerry McAllister wrote:<br> > <blockquote type=cite class=cite cite>Hi All, <br><br> > I am trying to set up a notebook computer for someone (I only have<br> > towers and rackmount servers running FreeBSD myself).<br><br> > The machine is an IBM Z61t Lenova with 2 GHz Intel CPU, 1 GB memory<br> > The BIOS version is 1.06 (7FET46WW) of 2006-04-27<br><br> > I has an: ATAPI CD0:MATSHITADVD-RAM UK-842-(PM) cd/dvd > reader/burner.<br><br> > I got a USB floppy and put it on too.<br><br> > The boot order in BIOS is currently CD, Floppy Hard disk<br><br> > I have switched floppy and CD a couple of times and removed<br> > a number of other thing from the boot order - mostly things<br> > that are not actually on the machine.<br><br> > I was able to boot Partition Magic with the USB floppy and fix up <br> > the hard disk to make room. I added a FAT32 (#3) slice and an > <br> > undesignated slice (#4). I hoped to add FreeBSD to the > undesignated<br> > slice and use the FAT32 for communication between WinXP and FreeBSD<br> > since the XP slice was NTFS.<br><br> > But, it will not boot the FreeBSD 6.1 installation CD - it > completely<br> > ignores it and boots WinXP, even though it looks like it is enabled<br> > in the BIOS. It doesn't even seem to try booting the CD and > fail.<br> > The BIOS doesn't appear to talk to it at all.<br><br> > That CD worked fine in another (deskside) machine - a Dell, by<br> > the way. I had no trouble doing an install with it on that > machine.<br><br> > So, I made a set of 6.1 install floppies.<br> > Although the Partition Magic (several years old copy) floppies > booted<br> > just fine, when I started to boot from the boot.flp floppy it read > it<br> > and then started repeatedly dumping some message on the screen. > It<br> > just kept scrolling up too fast to read. It looked like it > might<br> > be 5 or 6 lines long. <br><br> > Just in case it was telling me to put in the kern1.flp, I did that<br> > and hit enter, but it did not stop scrolling what appeared to be<br> > the same message, nor did it appear to read that floppy at all.<br><br> > I have rummaged through the BIOS setup and not found anything that<br> > jumps out at me that I should turn on or off. I did not > find<br> > anything that looked like 'plug n play'.<br><br> > So, my obvious question is: (questions are:) <br> > Is there any hope of installing FreeBSD on this notebook computer?<br> > Is there something I can turn on or off to make it work?<br> > Why will the old Partition Magic floppy work, but the new FreeBSD 6.1 > not?<br> > Why doesn't the BIOS even attempt to check the CD for a boot > sector,<br> > but just ignore it completely and boot the HD?<br><br> > Thanks for any clues or solid informatino,<br><br> > ////jerry<br><br> > _______________________________________________<br> > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list<br> > <a href="http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions"; > eudora="autourl">http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions</a><br> > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"<br><br> > -- <br> > This message has been scanned for viruses and<br> > dangerous content by MailScanner, and is<br> > believed to be clean.<br> > MailScanner thanks transtec Computers for their > support.</font></blockquote></body> > <br />-- > <br />This message has been scanned for viruses and > <br />dangerous content by > <a href="http://www.mailscanner.info/";><b>MailScanner</b></a>, and is > <br />believed to be clean. > <br />MailScanner thanks <a href="http://www.transtec.co.uk/";>transtec > Computers</a> for their support. > </html> > > --=====================_11370770==.ALT-- > > _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
