From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Feb 23 20:58:13 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from out5.mx.nwbl.wi.voyager.net (out5.mx.nwbl.wi.voyager.net [169.207.2.77]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F367437B491 for ; Fri, 23 Feb 2001 20:58:10 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dpoland@execpc.com) Received: from earth.execpc.com (dpoland@earth.execpc.com [169.207.16.1]) by out5.mx.nwbl.wi.voyager.net (8.11.1/8.11.1) with ESMTP id f1O4w9T28161; Fri, 23 Feb 2001 22:58:09 -0600 (CST) Received: (from dpoland@localhost) by earth.execpc.com (8.9.0) id WAA05277; Fri, 23 Feb 2001 22:58:09 -0600 (CST) Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2001 22:58:09 -0600 From: Doug Poland To: Greg Satz Cc: Doug Poland , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: vmware2 cannot "see" ATAPI cdrom under 4.x stable Message-ID: <20010223225808.A4827@polands.org> Mail-Followup-To: Greg Satz , Doug Poland , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <20010223163409.A8198@polands.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0pre3us In-Reply-To: Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > >> vmware2 port installs and starts properly but cannot see the ATAPI cdrom. > >> System is running 4.X stable. No hard disk is configured and the guest os is > >> either win95 or win98 from floppy. > >> > > try ln -s /dev/acd0c /dev/cdrom > > > Thanks for the response. I just tried it but unfortunately it didn't help. > Same error message. > > As I stared at the error it became clear that > > Feb 23 16:00:43: VIDE: (0x170) OUTB Cmd of 0xA1 for non-existent drive 1 > Feb 23 16:00:45: VIDE: (0x1F0) OUTB Cmd of 0xA1 for non-existent drive 1 > Feb 23 16:00:46: F(173):311 0x2fff 2 > Feb 23 16:00:46: VIDE: (0x170) ATAPI Unexpected IN len 2 w/o active Cmd > > the hex number in parenthesis is the IDE IO locations. My kernel thinks > there is ata1 on apapci0 at 0x170. So why isn't vmware2 happy with it? Is it > worth attempting to report this problem to vmware? > Hmm, symbolic link worked for me. However, that was before I went to -stable and haven't re-installed the port yet. I'll try it tonight and see if I get anywhere with it. -- Doug To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message