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Date:      Sun, 17 Nov 1996 22:32:32 -0800 (PST)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
To:        Henrik Johansson <f94jnh@student.udd.htu.se>
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Problem accessing CD-ROM drive
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSI.3.94.961117223124.8140T-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <1.5.4.16.19961117204811.28e72108@student.udd.htu.se>

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On Sun, 17 Nov 1996, Henrik Johansson wrote:

> I have a Sony CDU33A drive which is supported by freebsd.
> When installing from CD-ROM the CD-ROM drive is detected=20
> automatically, but when installing from a DOS partition
> it is impossible to mount the CD-Rom drive upon completed install.
> I know this because I have version 2.1 on CD-ROM, but when
> installing version 2.1.6 I chose to download the distribution
> at the college I=B4m going to, because my home PC does not have
> Internet access.=20
> (I download the system on diskettes at school, and then=20
> I bring them home and store the files on a DOS partition).

It should work right away with 2.1.6.  2.1.0 didn't enable ATAPI support
by default, you had to rebuild the kernel.

Are you rebuilding and reinstalling a new 2.1.6 kernel after upgrading?

Doug White                              | University of Oregon =20
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major




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