Date: Mon, 19 May 1997 05:29:18 -0400 (EDT) From: Bryan Liesner <bleez@netaxs.com> To: Yaning Wang <yaning@shell.dave-world.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: CDROM question, again Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.95q.970519044848.192A-100000@localhost> In-Reply-To: <199705182258.RAA06785@shell.dave-world.net>
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On Sun, 18 May 1997, Yaning Wang wrote:
> With the help from many of you (Dan Busarow, Wolfgang and others), I
> finally made the installation of FreeBSD 2.2.1 to my machine and it
> is running fine, except I still can not mount the CDROM.
> Some of you suggested that the CDROM(Matsushita CDROM/Panasonic Drive
> CR-563, connected to a soundcard) is not supported by the GENERIC kernel
> therefore I need to rebuild the kernel. I need to consult the manual
> to find how.
I'm pretty sure this already is in the GENERIC config file:
controller matcd0 at isa? port 0x230 bio
If not, place it in your config file before rebuilding. It worked OK
for me, with an older SB16 card jumpered to factory settings. Same
model CDROM drive as above.
> In the meantime, if anyone out there who has successfully mounted this
> kind CDROM, could you please let me know the procedure ? thanks
> Can anyone please also tell me a type of CDROM (model, type etc) which
> has been proven to work with FreeBSD without any problem ?. (if I
> fail again, I may just buy one which is known to work).
If the kernel rebuild goes well, it will probe the CDROM drive at boot.
Assuming that goes well, put a line similar to this in /etc/fstab:
/dev/matcd0a /cdrom cd9660 ro,noauto 0 0
You can find more info with "man fstab"
On the command line when the cd drive is needed:
mount /cdrom
There are variants on this, but the above works fine.
Good luck to you, I hope it works out. I had a hard time reading
a CD as "full" as the FreeBSD distribution. Seems that I would get
read errors trying to read the higher numbered tracks. (Can't pinpoint
what number). I installed 2.2.1 over 2.2 flawlessly using sysinstall,
but discovered later, trying to access certain files the thing would
give me countless read errors, then give up. Walnut Creek even sent
me a replacement set of CD's, thinking that I received a bad pressing,
and I got the same results. Either a limitation on the matcd driver,
or possibly (I doubt it) a bad drive.
Well, anyway, I'd be interested to see how your results are. If you
do get the thing mounted, try installing the lyx package. That gave
me all kinds of grief. I got rid of the Matsushita drive, and sprung
for a Goldstar 8x IDE drive. I installed it, and my CD problems are
finished.
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