From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Nov 18 10:57:10 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id KAA04333 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 18 Nov 1996 10:57:10 -0800 (PST) Received: from ns.usac.edu.gt (ns.usac.edu.gt [168.234.52.2]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id KAA04315 for ; Mon, 18 Nov 1996 10:57:03 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost by ns.usac.edu.gt; (5.65/1.1.8.2/30Jul96-0309PM) id AA31534; Mon, 18 Nov 1996 12:55:12 -0600 Date: Mon, 18 Nov 1996 12:55:12 -0600 (GMT-0600) From: Victor Manuel Carranza Gonzalez To: MDM Cc: Walnut Creek CDRom , support@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD installation help request In-Reply-To: <24961112185142/0006695923PK3EM@MCIMAIL.COM> Message-Id: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Tue, 12 Nov 1996, MDM wrote: > I have recently (yesterday) installed FreeBSD on my 486 pci computer. > I need a clue (or 2) regarding mounting an IDE CdRom. The CdRom, a Sony > CSD-760E IDE 4x with an "interface" card does not appear in the initial probe > during the boot sequence. the wdc0 controller does appear, as do my two hard > disks wd0 and wd1. Then the wdc1 controller appears but there is no device > following it, i.e. wd2 or wd3, as I was expecting. Maybe your system already has two IDE interfaces, so try removing the CD-ROM interface card and install the CD drive as master in the second interface. I don't think FreeBSD supports a 3rd. IDE interface. Greetings, +-----------------------------------------------+ | Victor Manuel Carranza Gonzalez | | Unidad de Internet/Red Cientifico-Educativa | | Depto. de Procesamiento Electronico de Datos | | Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala -USAC- | | | |e-mail: victor@usac.edu.gt, | |Telefono oficina: (502)4769723 (fax/voz) | | (502)4767719 (voz) | |Telefono casa : (502)4782916 (502)2891037 | +-----------------------------------------------+