From owner-freebsd-current Fri Dec 18 12:43:44 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id MAA28874 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Fri, 18 Dec 1998 12:43:44 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from anch01.customcpu.com ([198.70.210.44]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id MAA28867 for ; Fri, 18 Dec 1998 12:43:42 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from al7oj@customcpu.com) Received: from default ([207.14.79.52]) by anch01.customcpu.com (Post.Office MTA v3.1.2 release (PO205-101c) ID# 0-42538U2500L250S0) with SMTP id AAA165; Fri, 18 Dec 1998 11:43:43 -0900 Message-Id: <3.0.5.32.19981218114327.008384f0@customcpu.com> X-Sender: al7oj@customcpu.com X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Light Version 3.0.5 (32) Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1998 11:43:27 -0900 To: Doug White From: "Michael A. Endsley" Subject: Re: your mail Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: References: <3.0.5.32.19981218111138.0082cae0@customcpu.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG The Aptiva bios supports booting from CD. Also, fwiw, Linux (Debian 2.0) boots from it flawlessly. When I run FBSD3.0-R from my HD, it won't even mount the CD drive. Mike At 12:38 PM 12/18/98 -0800, Doug White wrote: >On Fri, 18 Dec 1998, Michael A. Endsley wrote: > >> I took my new 3.0-R cd down to the computer store and tried different >> Cd-Rom drives till I found a brand that would boot FreeBSD from the CD. >> Several did and one of them is Mitsumi FX3400S!B. I bought a new one (same >> thing), took it home and installed the CD Drive onto my Aptiva E-26. After >> running Win95 and testing the new drive, I did a soft reboot with the new >> 3.0-R CD in the drive. It didn't boot (kernel not found). > >The primary determinant of CD bootability is the system BIOS. Not all >BIOSen support it. My Toshiba at home with a newer AMIBIOS will do it, >and my ASUS/Award BIOS P133 probably would if I had ATAPI CDROMs. :) > >> I then rebooted into Win95, accessed the CD, and did soft reboot again. >> This time, I booted FreeBSD from the HD. Not only did fbsd not find the >> CD-Rom, the probe couldn't find anything at the 170 address! >> What am I missing? > >There is a potential bogon in the second IDE controller detection code. >Try attaching the CD to your primary CD controller. > >> I also did a cold reboot, booted from the HD with -c and then quit and let >> the probing start. Still nothing. >> Any help would be appreciated, ie- I can't really take the Mitsumi back. > >It's not related to the CD-ROM drive itself. > >Doug White >Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve >http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | www.freebsd.org > > __________________________________________________________ OS of CHOICE? UNIX (FreeBSD), LINUX (Debian), and OS/2Warp al7oj@customcpu.com al7oj@al7oj.ampr.org or al7oj@al7oj.#nak.ak.usa.noam http://www.customcpu.com/personal/al7oj/ __________________________________________________________ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message