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From: "Jon Morgan" <morgan@terminus.trailblazer.com>
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Date: Fri, 22 Nov 1996 09:32:01 -0800
In-Reply-To: Nadav Eiron <nadav@barcode.co.il>
        "Re: atapi cdrom" (Nov 22,  1:55pm)
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On Nov 22,  1:55pm, Nadav Eiron wrote:
> Subject: Re: atapi cdrom
>
>
> On Thu, 21 Nov 1996, Jon Morgan wrote:
>
> > I installed 2.1.6-RELEASE from my ide cdrom and now it's no longer
functioning.
> > It's recognized during probing during bootup, but when I try to mount
> > a cdrom, I get "device not configured".  I also tried the install floppy
> > with the same results.  Any sugestions?
> >
> First, if you installed from a CD, then it's probably 2.1.5 (AFAIK, 2.1.6
> is not on CDs yet). What you need to do is rebuilde your kernel with the
> following two lines in the configuration file:
>
> options	ATAPI
> device wcd0
>
> You'll also need to do
> cd /dev
> ./MAKEDEV wcd0
>
> as root. Look in the Handbook about how to rebuild the kernel.
>
> Nadav
>-- End of excerpt from Nadav Eiron

I created the CD myself from the 2.1.6 distribution at ftp.freebsd.org.

all these options are in the kernel.
The kernel recognizes the cdrom drive during boot.
But it says "device not configured" when I try to mount.