From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Nov 11 23:36:09 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id XAA29306 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 11 Nov 1996 23:36:09 -0800 (PST) Received: from gatekeeper.barcode.co.il (gatekeeper.barcode.co.il [192.116.93.17]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id XAA29291 for ; Mon, 11 Nov 1996 23:36:00 -0800 (PST) Received: (from smap@localhost) by gatekeeper.barcode.co.il (8.7.5/8.6.12) id JAA19551; Tue, 12 Nov 1996 09:34:21 +0200 (IST) X-Authentication-Warning: gatekeeper.barcode.co.il: smap set sender to using -f Received: from localhost.barcode.co.il(127.0.0.1) by gatekeeper.barcode.co.il via smap (V1.3) id sma019549; Tue Nov 12 09:34:15 1996 Message-ID: <32882893.2FBE@barcode.co.il> Date: Tue, 12 Nov 1996 09:34:43 +0200 From: Nadav Eiron X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.02 (X11; I; SunOS 5.5 sun4m) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "Neil I. Fowler Wright" CC: questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Mirai 8speed CDRom References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Neil I. Fowler Wright wrote: > > Hi, > I have an odd problem. > > I have a P100 with a 2.2GB EIDE HD and a the above Mirai 8 speed CDrom, and I > have successfully installed FreeBSD 2.1.5. However when I put the same CDROm > drive as master or slave into my P133 (which has two EIDE 1.7GB Drives on the > primary EIDE slot) it fails to recognise the existence of the CDROM either > during kernel boot for wdc1 or when selecting Media Type for Installation. > > Help??? > > Many Thanks, > Neil Try moving one of the hard disks to the secondary controller, and install the CD as the slave of the remaining disk on the primary controller. Nadav