Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2000 21:52:54 +0800 From: Shaun Dwyer <zeus@quakeclan.net> To: albert.kinderman@csun.edu, freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: RE: IDE CDrom problems in 4.0 Message-ID: <00033021553401.11755@neptune.ctnet.org.au> In-Reply-To: <38E0CB92.3E407928@csun.edu> References: <38E0CB92.3E407928@csun.edu>
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Thanks for you suggestion. I gave it ago, but alas, it didnt help. I still got the same error. Its as though the kernel driver recognises the hardware, but it dosn't know what to do with it. Very strange. Thanks any way, Shaun On Tue, 28 Mar 2000, Albert Kinderman wrote: > I just read your post on freebsd-hardware. You mentioned that you > tried > > neptune# mount -t cd9660 /dev/acd0c /cdrom > cd9660: Device not configured > > My suggestion might be totally off the wall, but you might have a > similar situation. I have a linux system where I was similarly stumped > for a while. The problem was that the cdrom was at hde, not hdc. In > your case, have you tried /dev/acd0e or other possibilities? (In moving > cables around, I had plugged the cdrom into the second on board ide > controller while my two harddisks are on a Promise controller card. The > drive letters were (a,b) hard drives on Promise controller, (c,d) first > on board controller (not used), and (e,f) second on board controller (e > for cdrom).) > > As I said, it's a long shot. > > Al > > -- > Albert Kinderman California State University, Northridge > Department of Management Science albert.kinderman@csun.edu -- ---------------------- Shaun Dwyer Zeus@quakeclan.net ---------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message
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