From owner-freebsd-mobile Fri Jan 18 17: 9:33 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from elvis.mu.org (elvis.mu.org [192.203.228.196]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 84BBD37B43B for ; Fri, 18 Jan 2002 17:09:16 -0800 (PST) Received: by elvis.mu.org (Postfix, from userid 1192) id 5C0B710DDFB; Fri, 18 Jan 2002 17:09:16 -0800 (PST) Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2002 17:09:16 -0800 From: Alfred Perlstein To: Alan Clegg Cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Compaq Armada M700 DVD drive? Message-ID: <20020118170916.R13686@elvis.mu.org> References: <20020118195221.H1542@shell.wetworks.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <20020118195221.H1542@shell.wetworks.org>; from alan@clegg.com on Fri, Jan 18, 2002 at 07:52:21PM -0500 Sender: owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org * Alan Clegg [020118 16:52] wrote: > Has anyone gotten a Compaq Armada M700 to install from CD-ROM? I can > boot both a 4.4-RELEASE and a 4.5 "big install" disk with no problem, > but the kernel does not recognize the DVD drive.. I could install > via the (recognized) built-in ethernet, but if the DVD drive is not > going to work, I'd have to waste my time. > > Win2K sees the drive as a "Compaq DVD-ROM DV28EA01" Check the drive's settings for primary/slave/master/cable-select/proprietary-compaq-poop, make sure it's correct, vendors have been shipping them with 'cable select' or 'proprietary' and it can lead to the OS being unable to detect it. -- -Alfred Perlstein [alfred@freebsd.org] 'Instead of asking why a piece of software is using "1970s technology," start asking why software is ignoring 30 years of accumulated wisdom.' Tax deductable donations for FreeBSD: http://www.freebsdfoundation.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message