Date: Sat, 20 Nov 1999 21:08:17 -0500 (EST) From: "Crist J. Clark" <cjc@cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com> To: francois.baudens@icam.fr (Bouh) Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG (FreeBSD Questions) Subject: Re: problem with my cdrom drive Message-ID: <199911210208.VAA77792@cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com> In-Reply-To: <38375492.DA3C6A2@icam.fr> from Bouh at "Nov 21, 1999 03:10:26 am"
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Bouh wrote, > hello > this is my configuration : > > primary master : 6.4 GB hdd with linux, win 98 and win NT > primary slave : 13.5 GB hdd with freebsd and data > secondary master : cdrom drive > secondary slave : none OK, but IIRC, you might get better performace off of those two drives if they are on different controllers. > i had to change my configuration for the install because when i was booting > on the cdrom with these settings, the install program said me that it > couldn't detect any cdrom drive. So i change to > p master : cdrom > p slave: 13.5 Gb hdd > s master : none > s slave : none Hmmm... Shoulda seen it in the other configuration this is all one problem. > and it worked > but now i need the 6.4 Gb hdd as the primary master to boot with lilo and > acces to linux, win98 and NT, and freebsd of course. So first i put cdrom on > secondary slave - it didn't work Which is fine. A slave with no master violates the protocol even if some other OSes let it by. > - and then as secondary master but it still > don't work. > > Thanx a lot ...could you help me ? Does your secondary IDE controller get detected during boot? Is there a line like, wdc1 at 0x170-0x177 irq 15 on isa During boot and in the dmesg output? > "Crist J. Clark" wrote: > > > Bouh wrote, > > > hello > > > i have a little problem with my cdrom drive in freebsd : i install > > > freebsd (3.3) on my second hard drive with my cdrom drive on the first > > > IDE controller. Then i put my cdrom drive on the second one and it is no > > > more detected. Do i have to do something special for me to see my cdrom > > > drive ? > > > > > > Thanx a lot for the answer, because if i can't mount my cdrom, i can't > > > use freebsd. > > > > I am having a little trouble with what you are saying. You are > > installing FreeBSD with your devices arranged on the IDE controllers > > one way, then movingthings around after you are done, right? Now, > > during your "install configuration" where are the various devices (on > > which controller)? And which device is master and which slave? When > > you switch to "operational configuration" where are the devices? And > > which is master and which is slave? > > -- > > Crist J. Clark cjclark@home.com > -- Crist J. Clark cjclark@home.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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