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From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org>
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Subject: Re: Free BSD
To: Pafwl@aol.com
Date: Tue, 28 Nov 1995 13:00:16 -0700 (MST)
Cc: questions@freebsd.org, bsdmail@nemesis.lonestar.org, rakitt@abest.com
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> This is my second E-Mail about his subject.  I purchased FreeBSD thinking I
> had a Sound blaster CD rom drive only to try to install it and found out I
> had a Panasonic IDE CDROM drive that I know your literature says I cannot
> use.  I have been trying for 2 days to load from floppies but to no avail.  
> 
> Tonight I went out and purchased a Creative 2X CDROM drive ($69.95) and
> connected it to my sound blaster card.  It works fine.  I ran the FreeBSD
> Install program on the CDROM and this is what is says when the kernel boot is
> looking for the cdrom..
> 
> mcd1 not found at 0x340
> matcdo - Matsushita (Panasonic) CD Rom Driver by FDIV Version 1(16)  4-Apr-95
> matcdo at 0X250-0x253 in isa
> matcd0: ['               ]  matcd1: ['               ]  matcd2: ['
>               ]  matcd3: ['               ] 
> scd0 not found at 0X230
> 
> Since I know that the card is at 240 and says the cdrom is at 250 when i boot
> into DOS I assume the kernel is seeing the CDROM.
> 
> When I go into the Media section of the install and select CDROM I get a
> message telling me that the CDROM is not recognized.

You have two options:

1)	Change the drive location do it is at 250, where the driver
	expects to find it.

2)	Boot "kernel -c" at the boot prompt and change the configuration
	of the kernel for the dureation of the boot.

	After the install, boot "kerenl -c" from the hard drive, and
	change the configuration again.  Modify the kernel configuration
	file to reflect the 240 location, rebuild the kernel, and
	install the new kernel.

	Rebbot normally.  The drive should now be recognized.


					Terry Lambert
					terry@lambert.org
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