From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Oct 28 16:51:53 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id QAA21926 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 28 Oct 1996 16:51:53 -0800 (PST) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (gdi.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.30]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id QAA21920 for ; Mon, 28 Oct 1996 16:51:51 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.7.5/8.6.12) with SMTP id QAA01366; Mon, 28 Oct 1996 16:51:47 -0800 (PST) Date: Mon, 28 Oct 1996 16:51:47 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White Reply-To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu To: wb2oyc@cyberenet.net cc: Andrzej Popielewicz , "'questions@freebsd.org'" Subject: Re: cdrom In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Mon, 28 Oct 1996 wb2oyc@cyberenet.net wrote: > >It does; FreeBSD is rather picky about where it expects it. The 'hot > >spot' is the slave drive on the primary controller. Try putting the CDROm > >there. > I've seen this recommendation many times on the list, and just wanted to > let you know that I have my IDE CDROM on the secondary port, and it is the > only device on that controller! Works fine. I'm using a DTC 2278E and the > CD is a Mitsumi. Am I just lucky enough to have a combination that works? Yup. It seems to be configuration-dependent on where the real 'hot-spot' is. You just have to experiment. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major