Date: 20 Jul 2003 20:33:44 -0400 From: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.no-ip.com> To: frank brierley <frank_n_brierley@yahoo.com.au> Cc: freebsd questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: second cd drive only detected occasonally Message-ID: <44y8ysd8gn.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> In-Reply-To: <oprshq4kw7w9ytdz@smtp.mail.yahoo.com> References: <oprshq4kw7w9ytdz@smtp.mail.yahoo.com>
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frank brierley <frank_n_brierley@yahoo.com.au> writes: > I have a DVD drive as secondary slave (IDE) and a cd burner as > secondary master. Both drives are detected by BIOS and by windows. > However freebsd assignes a device to the cd burner (samsung) only > every now and then. > > Checking dmesg and only acd0 will usually appear. After a reboot > there is a fairly good chance that acd1 will appear. > > I've build and installed a current world and kernel cvsup 4.8 > yesterday and changed the IDE ribbon. > > does anyone have any ideas? I'd be looking for timing problems. Maybe try swapping the drives between master and slave?
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