From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Oct 30 0:36: 3 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C4FCC37B401 for ; Wed, 30 Oct 2002 00:36:01 -0800 (PST) Received: from smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk [81.2.69.218]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5E51343E3B for ; Wed, 30 Oct 2002 00:36:00 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: from happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk (localhost.infracaninophile.co.uk [IPv6:::1]) by smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id g9U8ZnLf050020 for ; Wed, 30 Oct 2002 08:35:49 GMT (envelope-from matthew@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: (from matthew@localhost) by happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk (8.12.6/8.12.6/Submit) id g9U8ZiYs050019 for freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG; Wed, 30 Oct 2002 08:35:44 GMT Date: Wed, 30 Oct 2002 08:35:44 +0000 From: Matthew Seaman To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Matsushita CD-ROM Trouble Message-ID: <20021030083544.GB49354@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophi> Mail-Followup-To: Matthew Seaman , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG References: <3DBF77AF.378DDAB0@shaw.ca> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <3DBF77AF.378DDAB0@shaw.ca> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.1i X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-13.4 required=5.0 tests=IN_REP_TO,QUOTED_EMAIL_TEXT,REFERENCES,SPAM_PHRASE_00_01, USER_AGENT,USER_AGENT_MUTT version=2.41 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Tue, Oct 29, 2002 at 10:09:51PM -0800, Safman wrote: > I am a new user to FreeBSD and am trying to install it for the first > time. I am installing on a hard disk with two partitions: One already > has Windows, the other will soon have FreeBSD. > > I want to install FreeBSD using CD's, but it doesn't seem to recognize > my CD drive. I am installing FreeBSD 4.7, and according to > Hardware.txt, my CD-ROM drive is supported (Matsushita/Panasonic > CR-563). > > I have tried using CLI configuration mode to ">enable matcd0" and got > the following response: > No such device: matcd0 > Invalid command or syntax > > I know that the CD-ROM drive itself is working because it works fine > when I boot up Windows. Anyone have any ideas? Thanks for the help... The matcd driver was for an old non-standard device once produced by Matsushita. Certainly if you're using a recently produced CD drive, it will be a standard ATAPI or SCSI device and it should be recognised automatically by the install process. No special driver configuration required. As Michael Joyner said in another response, the matcd driver has been dropped from 4.7-RELEASE onwards: the device is archaic and rarely used nowadays. Cheers, Matthew -- Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 26 The Paddocks Savill Way Marlow Tel: +44 1628 476614 Bucks., SL7 1TH UK To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message