[PC-BSD Testing] Fwd: PCBSD Mounting Error

[Kris Moore]

Florian Stinglmayr wrote:
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Andreas Faltermeier <faltermeier at mwlaser.de>
> Date: Wed, Nov 5, 2008 at 10:34 AM
> Subject: PCBSD Mounting Error
> To: fstinglmayr at gmail.com
> 
> 
> Dear Mr. Stinglmayr,
> 
> 
> 
> Yesterday I tried to install PCBSD from my DVD Rom Device (I burned
> the DVD Image on a DVD earlier).
> 
> In order to start the installation I hit key "1" on my keyboard (there
> was this menu with 9 options, but the documentation suggests to choose
> option "1" for laymen like me. After a few seconds i got the following
> error msg:
> 
> 
> 
> Trying to mount root from nfs:/dev/mdo
> 
> ls:/dev/da*: No such file or directory
> 
> Error mounting install image!!!
> 
> 
> 
> I got a asus p5q motherboard with an intel e8500 cpu and my graphics
> card is a radaeon 4870. On my first partition (25gb of 1000gb) I
> installed XP prior to BSD. The next partition was not formatted yet!
> 
> 
> 
> Thank you for your help!
> 
> 
> 
> Wahrscheinlich hätte ich auch auf Deutsch schreiben können oder?
> 
> 
> 
> All the best
> 
> Andi Faltermeier
> _______________________________________________


I've put up a small guide to help us debug this issue, but most likely 
its because FreeBSD is missing the drivers to access your DVD / CD 
drive. (I.E, no /dev/acd* or /dev/cd* device is available) Please take a 
look at this forum post, and let me know what you find.

http://forums.pcbsd.org/viewtopic.php?p=76966&sid=c3be56b3df3bd59c8b287154106eed18#p76966

Thanks!


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Kris Moore
PC-BSD Software
http://www.pcbsd.com