From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Nov 18 23:47:30 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id XAA21664 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 18 Nov 1996 23:47:30 -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 XAA21634 for ; Mon, 18 Nov 1996 23:46:58 -0800 (PST) Received: (from smap@localhost) by gatekeeper.barcode.co.il (8.7.5/8.6.12) id JAA15811; Tue, 19 Nov 1996 09:44:23 +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 sma015809; Tue Nov 19 09:44:16 1996 Message-ID: <32916512.3534@barcode.co.il> Date: Tue, 19 Nov 1996 09:43:15 +0200 From: Nadav Eiron X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.02 (X11; I; SunOS 5.5 sun4m) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Victor Manuel Carranza Gonzalez CC: MDM , Walnut Creek CDRom , support@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD installation help request References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Victor Manuel Carranza Gonzalez wrote: > > On Tue, 12 Nov 1996, MDM wrote: > > > I have recently (yesterday) installed FreeBSD on my 486 pci computer. > > I need a clue (or 2) regarding mounting an IDE CdRom. The CdRom, a Sony > > CSD-760E IDE 4x with an "interface" card does not appear in the initial probe > > during the boot sequence. the wdc0 controller does appear, as do my two hard > > disks wd0 and wd1. Then the wdc1 controller appears but there is no device > > following it, i.e. wd2 or wd3, as I was expecting. > > Maybe your system already has two IDE interfaces, so try removing the > CD-ROM interface card and install the CD drive as master in the second > interface. I don't think FreeBSD supports a 3rd. IDE interface. > > Greetings, > You'll also need to build your own kernel with the following lines in it: options ATAPI device wcd0 and create the device special node for wcd0 by performing: cd /dev ./MAKEDEV wcd0 (all that as root, of course). Then try to reboot. Your CD should be recognized as wcd0. Note that if you can't get the CD recognized as the master on the secondary controller, you still have a very good chance that it will work as slave on the primary controller. Try to swap it with wd1. > +-----------------------------------------------+ > | Victor Manuel Carranza Gonzalez | > | Unidad de Internet/Red Cientifico-Educativa | > | Depto. de Procesamiento Electronico de Datos | > | Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala -USAC- | > | | > |e-mail: victor@usac.edu.gt, | > |Telefono oficina: (502)4769723 (fax/voz) | > | (502)4767719 (voz) | > |Telefono casa : (502)4782916 (502)2891037 | > +-----------------------------------------------+ Nadav