From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Apr 13 23:43:19 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id XAA20237 for questions-outgoing; Sun, 13 Apr 1997 23:43:19 -0700 (PDT) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (gdi.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.30]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id XAA20222 for ; Sun, 13 Apr 1997 23:43:16 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.5/8.6.12) with SMTP id XAA07788; Sun, 13 Apr 1997 23:41:03 -0700 (PDT) Date: Sun, 13 Apr 1997 23:41:02 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White X-Sender: dwhite@localhost Reply-To: Doug White To: Stanley.Hopcroft@aipo.gov.au cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Do ATAPI CD-ROMs on 486 IDE controllers work ? In-Reply-To: <4A256479.001E3D2E.00@notes.aipo.gov.au> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Mon, 14 Apr 1997 Stanley.Hopcroft@aipo.gov.au wrote: > I am writing to ask you whether an ANTAPI (?) CD-ROM will work on the IDE > controller of a 486. > > The details are :- > > CD Creative CR-563-B 40 pin plug, 3 jumpers > CPU Micronics Gemini mother board both with > IDE on video card and on mother board. > > As far as I know the CD-ROM is configured for slave operation (no jumpers). It should. > Whenever the CD is plugged into the HDD ribbon the PC will not boot (the > HDD motor does not start). Verify your hard disk drive is set to Master mode. > My employer deploys these CDs by plugging them into Sound Blaster cards. Should work OK. The best thing to do is to try the boot floppy and see what happens. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major