Date: Wed, 10 Nov 1999 20:35:31 +0100 (CET)
From: Søren Schmidt <sos@freebsd.dk>
To: Hans.Zuidam@nl.origin-it.com (Zuidam, Hans)
Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG ('hackers@freebsd.org')
Subject: Re: CD-ROM on Compaq Deskpro
Message-ID: <199911101935.UAA32032@freebsd.dk>
In-Reply-To: <9B7E8CE3E214D311A3050008C7A4BDDB9346C4@nlehx061.ehvvon.nl.origin-it.com> from "Zuidam, Hans" at "Nov 10, 1999 08:06:22 pm"
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It seems Zuidam, Hans wrote: > Hi, > > Further investigating the reason why the CD-ROM is not accessible > on a Compaq Deskpro EN (changing the machine was not an option,) > I've found the following: > > o The CD-ROM drive is on the secondary IDE controller, > there is no primary controller. The HD is on a SCSI > controller (ah2940); > > o If the drive is jumpered as a slave, the secondary IDE > controller is not found by the wdc code, very weird; > > o If the driver is jumpered as either a master or with > cable select the secondary IDE controller is found, the > wdc1 controller and the drive are found but subsequently > not accessible. This is a known "feature" of the old wd based driver, if you are/can use -current, use the new ata driver, that should do the trick. -Søren To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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