From owner-freebsd-hackers Fri Nov 29 12:37:15 1996 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id MAA05766 for hackers-outgoing; Fri, 29 Nov 1996 12:37:15 -0800 (PST) Received: from ghost.mep.ruhr-uni-bochum.de (ghost.mep.ruhr-uni-bochum.de [134.147.6.16]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id MAA05751; Fri, 29 Nov 1996 12:37:06 -0800 (PST) Received: (from roberte@localhost) by ghost.mep.ruhr-uni-bochum.de (8.7.5/8.7.3) id VAA01236; Fri, 29 Nov 1996 21:36:26 +0100 (MET) From: Robert Eckardt Message-Id: <199611292036.VAA01236@ghost.mep.ruhr-uni-bochum.de> Subject: Re: IDE CDROM failure report.. [And SPEAK UP NOW, DAMN IT!] In-Reply-To: from Mark Mayo at "28. Nov. 96 16:02:59" To: mark@quickweb.com (Mark Mayo) Date: Fri, 29 Nov 1996 21:36:20 +0100 (MET) Cc: jkh@time.cdrom.com, sos@freebsd.org, hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL25 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-hackers@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > Here are the drives that didn't work for me in 2.1 but are operational > now: > > FX00IDE/B05 (a creative lab jobby, not sure who made it.) Looks like a Mitsumi. > ACER CD-787E/JAS/22N7 Here is another that works o.k. (as a master on the secondary controller) in 2.2-ALPHA/boot.flp: Manufacturer MITSUMI Model-No. CRMC-FX600S Manufactured Feb. '96 BTW, is it still mandatory for the install program that the CD is inserted when the machine is booted ? (I think to remember s.th. like that was required. I usually do this, but this *may* explain Input/Output errors when install tries to mount it. ???) Robert -- Robert Eckardt \\ FreeBSD -- solutions for a large universe.(tm) RobertE@MEP.Ruhr-Uni-Bochum.de \\ What do you want to boot tomorrow ?(tm) http://WWW.MEP.Ruhr-Uni-Bochum.de/~roberte For PGP-key finger roberte@gluon.MEP.Ruhr-Uni-Bochum.de