Date: Sat, 01 Mar 1997 15:05:23 -0800 From: Jason Wells <jcwells@u.washington.edu> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: morion@access.dux.ru Subject: [Fwd: Re: ATAPI CD[D[D[D[D] Message-ID: <3318B633.2DF9@u.washington.edu>
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I am passing the buck on this one. Anyony help this user out?
I wrote:
> > Just because it works in DOS does not mean that all is configured
> > correctly for FreeBSD. It does however mean that the drive is not
> > broken.
> >
> > If your CDROM is connected to the primary IDE controller then you must
> > have device wdc0 in your kernel.
> >
> > If your CDROM is connected to the secondary IDE controller then you must
> > have device wdc1 in your kernel.
> >
> > If your CDROM is the first drive on the either controller then it must
> > be set to master.
> >
> > If your CDROM is the second drive on the either controller then is must
> > be set to slave.
> >
> > When trying to MAKEDEV the CDROM try this also.
> >
> > /dev/MAKEDEV wcd0c <--- note the added c
> >
> > Keep at it. You will figure it out.
They responded:
> Ok, I tried "./MAKEDEV wcd0c". Kernel wrote: "bad unit for disk in: wcd0c".
I cry "HELP" :
At this point I am in over my head. I do not know what the "bad unit"
error means.
Could somebody more knowledgable on this list grab this one from me?
> What there mean?
> CDROM is the second drive on secondary controller.Jumper set to slave.
> I have two hard drive:
> wd0 - first drive (master on primary controller wdc0);
> wd2 - second drive (master on secondary controller wdc1);
>
> Thanks, Ilya.
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