Date: Sat, 17 Jan 1998 21:01:38 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: Tom Dillard <ldillard@spd.dsccc.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: CD-ROM support Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980117210025.6065G-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <34BF6C4E.1ED0@spd.dsccc.com>
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On Fri, 16 Jan 1998, Tom Dillard wrote: > http://www.freebsd.org/FAQ/FAQ45.html#45 > says that ATAPI compatible IDE CD-ROMs are supported, but then says > "All non-SCSI cards are known to be extremely slow compared to SCSI > drives, and some ATAPI CDROMs may not work." > > How would I find out if mine is supported? I have an NEC IDE CD-ROM > (ATAPI 1.2), at least according to what WinNT tells me. > > I tried booting up freeBSD on my computer last night, but it does not > seem to recognize the CD-ROM drive. Subsequent to the screen where you > remove any device conflicts the screen goes blank and nothing else > happens. Hm. Try not configuring anything. What version of freeBSD are you trying to install and what kind of CPU do you have? If your CDROM is detected, during the wdc probe section you'll get messages from your CD drive, ie it's mfr, model information. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major
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