From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Oct 20 7:12: 9 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from axl.noc.iafrica.com (axl.noc.iafrica.com [196.31.1.175]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D4EF01B9B6 for ; Wed, 20 Oct 1999 07:11:53 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from sheldonh@axl.noc.iafrica.com) Received: from sheldonh (helo=axl.noc.iafrica.com) by axl.noc.iafrica.com with local-esmtp (Exim 3.040 #1) id 11dwQH-0006oM-00; Wed, 20 Oct 1999 16:09:01 +0200 From: Sheldon Hearn To: god@sneaker.net.au Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: CD420E??? In-reply-to: Your message of "Wed, 20 Oct 1999 23:59:58 +1000." <380DCADE.6ACEC7F2@sneaker.net.au> Date: Wed, 20 Oct 1999 16:09:01 +0200 Message-ID: <26185.940428541@axl.noc.iafrica.com> Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Wed, 20 Oct 1999 23:59:58 +1000, Administration wrote: > I have a problem where the system doesn't recognize the CD-ROM. > It is a 'Creative Quad' unit model: CD420E. > Any Ideas on what settings I should config it to? > (It is the slave unit on the 2nd IDE bus). You have one of three problems: 1) You can't boot off the CDROM. This is a known issue, discussed in the 3.3-RELEASE errata notes at: http://www.freebsd.org/releases/3.3R/errata.html As that page suggests, boot off floppies. 2) Your CDROM is incorrectly configured. It is "illegal" in terms of the ATAPI specs to configure a CDROM a slave on a channel that has no master. In spite of this, many manufacturers ship machines with this invalid configuration. Jumper the drive as a master. 3) Your "Creative Labs" CDROM isn't a real ATAPI drive, in that it doesn't adhere to the ATAPI specs. It only works with the Wintendo drivers with which it is supplied. Throw it away. :-) Ciao, Sheldon. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message