Date: Mon, 10 Feb 1997 14:56:46 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: "Kevin T. Likes" <klikes@isd.state.in.us> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: NEC 282 ATAPI cd-rom problem Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.94.970210145523.459E-100000@localhost> In-Reply-To: <97Feb7.102950est.53771@mailgate.isd.state.in.us>
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On Fri, 7 Feb 1997, Kevin T. Likes wrote: > > The thing that really bothers me is that there doesn't seem to be a > probe taking place at all. A friend of mine is running an almost > identical configuration, except for using 2.1.0 instead of 2.1.5. The > only difference in the config file seems to be an entry for > ATAPI_STATIC > I tried adding that, and got no complaints from config, but it didn't seem > to help. I'm hoping there's a software solution rather than a hardware > one. The solution is hardware. I've debugged this a couple of hundred times, and the manipulation I've said below is the usual solution. > >Try moving it to the slave position on the primary IDE controller. It's not hard to change -- it's a matter of changing cables and jumpers. You'll need to examine the drive(s) or have their manuals available to figure out the jumper configuration, but beyond that no editing is necessary in the BIOS. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major
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