From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Jan 31 03:52:29 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id DAA19316 for questions-outgoing; Fri, 31 Jan 1997 03:52:29 -0800 (PST) Received: from linkage.ctech.ac.za (jacques@linkage.ctech.ac.za [155.238.4.20]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id DAA19309 for ; Fri, 31 Jan 1997 03:52:11 -0800 (PST) Received: (from jacques@localhost) by linkage.ctech.ac.za (8.7.6/8.7.3) id NAA19702; Fri, 31 Jan 1997 13:48:08 +0200 From: Jacques Hugo Message-Id: <199701311148.NAA19702@linkage.ctech.ac.za> Subject: Re: Some help here please. To: nadav@barcode.co.il (Nadav Eiron) Date: Fri, 31 Jan 1997 13:48:08 +0200 (SAT) Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: from "Nadav Eiron" at Jan 31, 97 01:26:06 pm Content-Type: text Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > > Morning guys ... > > > > I've installed 2.1.6 lately and got a new kernel compiled. I have > > IDE ATAPI CDROM enabled in the GENERIC file and made the devices > > with MAKEDEV afterwards (/dev/wcd0c /dev/rwcd0c). But I still > > cannot mount my cdrom or play audio cd's. Where did I screw up > > here? > > What errors do you get? Did the device got probed correctly by the kernel > (do "dmesg | grep wcd" to check that out)? What is your hardware's > configuration? Yes, the device gets probed correctly, port 0x230, the works. But when running something like xcd, it says device not present. (Hope that helps) Oh yes, the sequencer also screws up. > > I also have a PNP SB16 audio card. Are there any utils out there > > to configure that? And are there any boot programs (like loadlin for > > Linux) for you to boot FreeBSD from a MSDOS shell? Anything for the above question? -Jacques