Date: Tue, 21 Mar 2006 16:02:24 +1100 (EST) From: <disposable42-fm@yahoo.com> To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: CD device no longer works in new FreeBSD releases? Message-ID: <20060321050224.74658.qmail@web52515.mail.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <200603201331.40529.jhb@freebsd.org>
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--- John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org> wrote: > On Friday 17 March 2006 22:47, disposable42-fm@yahoo.com wrote: > > --- John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org> wrote: > > > > > On Wednesday 15 March 2006 05:10, disposable42-fm@yahoo.com wrote: > > > > Hi guys, > > > > > > > > Not sure if this is the right place for this question, but I've > been > > > trying > > > > to get FreeBSD 6.0-RELEASE working on a laptop, a Compaq Armada > V300. > > > > I boot the installation off the CD drive, go through the setup > process > > > > fine, but when I have to choose the installation method, it reports > `No > > > CD > > > > devices found!'. Disabling ACPI didn't do anything, either. > > > > I remembered I had an old FreeBSD 4.10 disk lying around, so I gave > > > that a > > > > go as a last resort, and lo and behold, it worked- it installed > > > everything > > > > off the first CD. Haven't tried 5.x, I assume the latest release > would > > > > support the most hardware. > > > > > > > > Were some drivers removed after 4.x, or isn't the installer > detecting > > > the > > > > CDROM? Is there any way to fix this, or should I stick to 4.x (or, > eek, > > > > Linux)? It's a `CRN-8241B' if that helps, but anything that turns > up on > > > > Google seems to be about 4.x, and works fine. > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks in advance, but apologies if I've posted to the wrong place. > > > > > > Would you be able to capture the dmesg from the 6.0 kernel using a > > > serial console or some other means? Also, would you be able to > provide > > > a dmesg from the 4.x kernel? > > Okay, sorry for the late reply, had to source a DB9 cable (had > everything > > /but/). I found it interesting that while 4.10 finds my pccard, it > doesn't > > find the Xircom ethernet card, but 6.0-R does (as well as ACPI > support). > > > > Anyway, in the 4.10 output, you can see on line 87-88 it finds ad0 & > acd0, > > but on 6.0 it only finds ad0. > > I don't see anything obvious. Perhaps try asking sos@ as he maintains > the > ATA drivers? Thanks for trying, I'll forward this to sos@ (Søren?), see if he knows. ____________________________________________________ On Yahoo!7 Messenger - Make free PC-to-PC calls to your friends overseas. http://au.messenger.yahoo.com
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