> slower speed (4x is as low as I get), but I'm still at a point where the > system responds with: > Boot from ATAPI CD-ROM: Failure... > No /boot/loader
Did you try to download the floppies, boot from them, then direct /stand to point to the CD as the install media? Steve > > > I assume that ATAPI is the model of the CD-ROM the system found. But, > the 'Failure..." has me stumped. Is it possible that although the system > (and FreeBSD) recognize the type of CD-Rom I have, but FreeBSD just > doesn't support it [Creative Infra1800]. I admit when looking at the > supported hardware, I didn't see Creative on the list - but then what's > up with ATAPI? > > I apologize. A lot of my questions are rhetorical in that I just need to > 'vent' (if I don't talk to myself, then I type to myself). And as > another poster put it 'Don't throw out the old machine, just have > patience' - as you've stated also. I have patience (and an occasional > temper). Although my hostility factor towards this so far is only at > about 3. > > Thanks again, and if you have anything else to add (not to my misery > please), feel free. > > Scott McClellan > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message