Date: Thu, 6 May 1999 11:33:36 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> To: stanislav shalunov <shalunov@att.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: can't mount CD-ROM (was: your mail) Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.03.9905061132290.25986-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <199905061428.KAA90998@tuzik.lz.att.com>
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On Thu, 6 May 1999, stanislav shalunov wrote: > > From: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> > > > 1. To what controller is your CDROM attached? Is it set master/single or > > slave? > > I tried both master and single. Slave for a single device doesn't > look right. It's not, that's why I asked. :) > Attaching the CD-ROM to ``the other'' controller (not the one it was > plugged in to when it came) then led to kernel not detecting any IDE > controllers. Are you using a Promise controller? > > 2. Why not use a SCSI CDROM? It's much more reliable than the cheap IDE > > ones floating around, and you already have the SCSI controller. > > Because that's how the system came and CD-ROM is only needed for > things like installation of packages and disaster recovery. Okay, just checking. My Toshiba PPro came with a IDE CD, but I bought a 24X SCSI cdrom anyways and love it. Doug White Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | www.freebsd.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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