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From: "Crist J. Clark" <cjc@cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com>
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Subject: Re: problem with my cdrom drive
In-Reply-To: <38375492.DA3C6A2@icam.fr> from Bouh at "Nov 21, 1999 03:10:26 am"
To: francois.baudens@icam.fr (Bouh)
Date: Sat, 20 Nov 1999 21:08:17 -0500 (EST)
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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
> 


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Crist J. Clark                           cjclark@home.com


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