From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Mar 15 15:53:16 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6A63316A425 for ; Wed, 15 Mar 2006 15:53:16 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jhb@freebsd.org) Received: from server.baldwin.cx (66-23-211-162.clients.speedfactory.net [66.23.211.162]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D5C5743D49 for ; Wed, 15 Mar 2006 15:53:15 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jhb@freebsd.org) Received: from localhost (john@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by server.baldwin.cx (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k2FFrC6S037546; Wed, 15 Mar 2006 10:53:13 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from jhb@freebsd.org) From: John Baldwin To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org, disposable42-fm@yahoo.com Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2006 10:48:14 -0500 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.1 References: <20060315101058.25297.qmail@web52514.mail.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <20060315101058.25297.qmail@web52514.mail.yahoo.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200603151048.16132.jhb@freebsd.org> X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.87.1/1333/Wed Mar 15 01:57:53 2006 on server.baldwin.cx X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.4 required=4.2 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,AWL,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.1.0 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.0 (2005-09-13) on server.baldwin.cx Cc: Subject: Re: CD device no longer works in new FreeBSD releases? X-BeenThere: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion of FreeBSD hardware List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2006 15:53:16 -0000 On Wednesday 15 March 2006 05:10, disposable42-fm@yahoo.com wrote: > Hi guys, > > Not sure if this is the right place for this question, but I've been trying > to get FreeBSD 6.0-RELEASE working on a laptop, a Compaq Armada V300. > I boot the installation off the CD drive, go through the setup process > fine, but when I have to choose the installation method, it reports `No CD > devices found!'. Disabling ACPI didn't do anything, either. > I remembered I had an old FreeBSD 4.10 disk lying around, so I gave that a > go as a last resort, and lo and behold, it worked- it installed everything > off the first CD. Haven't tried 5.x, I assume the latest release would > support the most hardware. > > Were some drivers removed after 4.x, or isn't the installer detecting the > CDROM? Is there any way to fix this, or should I stick to 4.x (or, eek, > Linux)? It's a `CRN-8241B' if that helps, but anything that turns up on > Google seems to be about 4.x, and works fine. > > > Thanks in advance, but apologies if I've posted to the wrong place. Would you be able to capture the dmesg from the 6.0 kernel using a serial console or some other means? Also, would you be able to provide a dmesg from the 4.x kernel? -- John Baldwin <>< http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ "Power Users Use the Power to Serve" = http://www.FreeBSD.org