Date: Sun, 28 Sep 1997 16:08:10 +0930 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: hai@flash.net Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Hardware problems Message-ID: <19970928160810.43614@lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <342D91F1.3163@flash.net>; from Hai Le on Sat, Sep 27, 1997 at 11:08:33PM %2B0000 References: <342D91F1.3163@flash.net>
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On Sat, Sep 27, 1997 at 11:08:33PM +0000, Hai Le wrote: > 1) I have a Atapi CD-ROM drive (Goldstar 16x). I read the section > where the author requires that all Atapi CD-ROM's must be "slave" > drives. I don't know anybody who "requires" it. If it works, don't fix it. Did it work in the original configuration? > I have two hardrives on my computer so this is how it currently > looks: > Primary Master: disk 1 > Primary Slave : disk 2 > Secondary Master: CD-ROM > Secondary Slave: nothing > > After reading that section in the book, I attempted to do the following: > > Primary Master: disk 1 > Primary Slave : CD-ROM > Secondary Master: disk 2 > Secondary Slave: nothing > I ran into problems. The system took about 10 minutes to boot up Win > '95. Do you have any suggestions? Is this faster or slower than normal? I don't know Windows 95. But I'd say it's a bug if it's slower. > I am really exicted about getting FreeBSD on my system here, but this > problem is really causing me to lose my hair..... Did it solve the problem? Greg
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