From owner-freebsd-questions Mon May 20 05:38:51 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id FAA14907 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 20 May 1996 05:38:51 -0700 (PDT) Received: from uswgmn1.uswc.uswest.com (uswgmn1.uswest.com [204.147.87.74]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with ESMTP id FAA14902 for ; Mon, 20 May 1996 05:38:49 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from smap@localhost) by uswgmn1.uswc.uswest.com (8.7.1/8.7.1) id HAA16674; Mon, 20 May 1996 07:37:34 -0500 (CDT) Received: from egate.mnet.uswest.com(151.116.23.138) by uswgmn1.uswc.uswest.com via smap (V1.3) id sma016665; Mon May 20 07:37:11 1996 Received: from easthub (easthub.mnet.uswest.com [151.117.26.86]) by egate.mnet.uswest.com (8.7.1/8.7.1) with SMTP id GAA01630; Mon, 20 May 1996 06:37:09 -0600 (MDT) Received: by easthub.mnet.uswest.com (M-Net Hub.951228) Received: from astro.acs.uswest.com by acs.uswest.com (5.x/SMI-SVR4) id AA07673; Mon, 20 May 1996 07:37:07 -0500 Received: by astro.acs.uswest.com (SMI-8.6/SMI-SVR4) id HAA14073; Mon, 20 May 1996 07:37:04 -0500 From: ptroot@uswest.com (Paul T. Root) Message-Id: <199605201237.HAA14073@astro.acs.uswest.com> Subject: Re: BSD 2.1 CDROM SCSI Trouble To: dwhite@riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu (Doug White) Date: Mon, 20 May 1996 07:37:04 -0500 (CDT) Cc: bgotori@ucla.edu, questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <199605172234.PAA09110@riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu> from "Doug White" at May 17, 96 03:34:55 pm X-Organization: !nterprise Networking Services X-Phone: (612) 663-1979 X-Fax: (612) 663-8030 X-Page: (800) SKY-PAGE PIN: 537-7270 X-Address: 200 S. 5th St., Suite 1100 X-Address: Minneapolis, MN 55402 X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL25] Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk In a previous message, Doug White said: > > > I'm trying to install BSD 2.1 (Got it April 96) and am having trouble > > with the SCSI to CDROM Devices. The SCSI card is a Buslogic BT-542b and > > a NEC Multispin 3X SCSI CDROM. The SCSI card is seen but the CDROM is > > not. Any help would be of great value I don't know about the Buslogic, but I think you'll have trouble with the 3x. I had heard, when they first came out that 3x CDROM drives had a lot of problems. About a month ago I tried on (replacing my 1x) and it wouldn't work for either FreeBSD or Win95. I then tried a 4x NEC and it runs like a champ. Paul. -- Paul T. Root - USWEST !NTERPRISE Networking Service ptroot@uswest.com "People who never make mistakes work for people who dare to." Paul T. Root - USWEST !NTERPRISE Networking Service ptroot@uswest.com I believe a leaf of grass is no less than the journeywork of the stars. --Walt Whitman