From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jul 28 07:36:07 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DECB216A41F for ; Sat, 28 Jul 2007 07:36:07 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nike_d@cytexbg.com) Received: from sellinet.net (galileo.sellinet.net [82.199.192.2]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 45AC913C457 for ; Sat, 28 Jul 2007 07:36:07 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nike_d@cytexbg.com) Received: (qmail 13357 invoked by uid 1009); 28 Jul 2007 10:09:24 +0300 Received: from nike_d@cytexbg.com by galileo by uid 1002 with qmail-scanner-1.22 (spamassassin: 3.0.3. Clear:RC:1(82.199.197.152):. Processed in 0.037862 secs); 28 Jul 2007 07:09:24 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO ndenev.totalterror.net) (82.199.197.152) by galileo.sellinet.net with SMTP; 28 Jul 2007 10:09:24 +0300 Received: (qmail 52365 invoked from network); 28 Jul 2007 10:09:24 +0300 Received: from unknown (HELO ?127.0.0.1?) (127.0.0.1) by ndenev.totalterror.net with SMTP; 28 Jul 2007 10:09:24 +0300 Message-ID: <46AAEBA3.5020303@cytexbg.com> Date: Sat, 28 Jul 2007 10:09:23 +0300 From: Niki Denev User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.10 (X11/20070326) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org References: <1185439753.1457.1.camel@localhost> In-Reply-To: X-Enigmail-Version: 0.94.3.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: Getting FreeBSD to see my dvd drive X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 28 Jul 2007 07:36:08 -0000 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Mark Carlson wrote: > On 7/26/07, Tom Evans wrote: >> On Wed, 2007-07-25 at 13:07 -0500, Joshua Isom wrote: >>> I've reposted this from freebsd-questions, and added some minor details. >>> >>> Yesterday I bought and installed a Lite-ON SATA DVD Writer for my >>> computer. But FreeBSD fails to recognize it at all. >>> >> Hi Joshua. >> >> FreeBSD doesn't support SATA ATAPI devices iirc. >> >> Sorry >> >> > > That's funny, I was able to install 6.2-release (both 32-bit and > 64-bit) just fine from my SATA DVD drive a few weeks ago (LG Super > Multi DVD Writer 18x18x10 DVD +/-RW Dual-Layer Lightscribe.) > > I had no idea FreeBSD didn't support it until I read this email. I > have since upgraded to 7.0-CURRENT (32-bit): > FreeBSD 7.0-CURRENT #0: Sat Jul 14 21:22:14 MDT 2007 > > Now, from my dmesg (sorry, didn't keep one from 6.2...): > ata5: on atapci1 > ata5: SATA ATAPI devices not supported yet > ata5: [ITHREAD] > > I know my BIOS setup is not the same now as it was when I did the > initial install, but AFAIK, the only difference is that I had to > disable the onboard RAID controller to install to the RAID array then > re-enable it to boot off of the array (funny, I know, but it was the > only way the BIOS would let me boot off of the SATA DVD drive at all!) > > -Mark Carlson > > For posterity, the mobo was a S3000AHLX, which works OK, it'll be > nicer when I can get the SMBUS controller working... if I can, that > is. I got my SATA DVD burner working by switching the SATA mode in BIOS from AHCI to IDE, and it is now detected as IDE drive.. but of course this depends on mobo/chipset/bios. Mine is Asus p5b with Intel chipset. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (FreeBSD) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFGquujHNAJ/fLbfrkRAqbFAJsEuRI/MH++jy3dB/bSP1hec4H6wwCgktVX T0QL6ok5kXEfYEQzLuj/I4Q= =auxx -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----