Date: Fri, 8 Mar 1996 10:07:36 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu> To: "Andrzej M. J." <andreas@xmission.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ATAPI CDROM Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.960308100654.4920B-100000@riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <199603071938.MAA28325@xmission.xmission.com>
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On Thu, 7 Mar 1996, Andrzej M. J. wrote:
> I did buy a few days ago FreeBSD 2.1 from WALNUT CREEK.
> When I try to install it, I can see the kernel recognize my secondary
> EIDE controler, where is connected my CDROM ("NEC MultiSpin 4v" as
> master) but it can't recognize my CDROM drive (yes, CD is inside the
> drive). The CD drive work propertly with LINUX, WIN-NT, WIN-95 and
> DOS.
Well, that's because those OSs have better ATAPI support than FreeBSD
does. :)
Did you use the atapi.flp image when building the boot floppy? That has
the IDE CDROM drivers configured.
Doug White | University of Oregon
Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major
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