From owner-freebsd-hardware Wed May 3 7: 3:12 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from hermes.research.kpn.com (hermes.research.kpn.com [139.63.192.8]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 25A4737B977 for ; Wed, 3 May 2000 07:03:08 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from K.J.Koster@kpn.com) Received: from l04.research.kpn.com (l04.research.kpn.com [139.63.192.204]) by research.kpn.com (PMDF V5.2-31 #35196) with ESMTP id <01JOYWDLMWAY001BUC@research.kpn.com> for freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG; Wed, 3 May 2000 16:03:06 +0200 Received: by l04.research.kpn.com with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2650.21) id ; Wed, 03 May 2000 16:03:05 +0100 Content-return: allowed Date: Wed, 03 May 2000 16:03:05 +0100 From: "Koster, K.J." Subject: RE: 3rd CDROM To: 'Haikal Saadh' , freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Message-id: <59063B5B4D98D311BC0D0001FA7E452201313B65@l04.research.kpn.com> MIME-version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2650.21) Content-type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Hya, I've had ATAPI cdroms as secondary master. FreeBSD is just terribly picky about the jumper settings. There are usually three jumpers, so with 8 reboots you have tried all options. One of them will work, I am sure, especially with newer cdrom players. Kees Jan PS. You could ditch IDE for SCSI and then you would have no trouble at all. That's what I did. :-) ============================================== You are only young once, but you can stay immature all your life > -----Original Message----- > From: Haikal Saadh [mailto:wyldephyre2@yahoo.com] > Sent: woensdag 3 mei 2000 15:07 > To: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: 3rd CDROM > > > Hi, I was told that IDE CDROM drives need to be slaved to a > harddisk inorder > to be detected by FreeBSD. (Some experience installing 3.2 > has confirmed > this.) > > I'd like to know that if there's a way to add a third CDROM > drive without > getting an extra harddisk first? > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message