From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Aug 3 18: 9:11 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from jordan.llnl.gov (jordan.llnl.gov [128.115.36.14]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 44C4E37B407 for ; Fri, 3 Aug 2001 18:09:09 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from alley1@llnl.gov) Received: (from wea@localhost) by jordan.llnl.gov (8.11.4/8.11.4) id f74197F12602; Fri, 3 Aug 2001 18:09:07 -0700 (PDT) Date: Fri, 3 Aug 2001 18:09:07 -0700 (PDT) From: Ed Alley Message-Id: <200108040109.f74197F12602@jordan.llnl.gov> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: CDROM on 2nd controller Cc: pdxmax@dsl-only.net Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > Date: Fri, 3 Aug 2001 14:19:59 -0700 > From: Tabor Kelly > Subject: Re: CDROM on 2nd controller > I also have a 2nd IDE controller unto which is hung a NEC CDROM changer > jumpered as "master". I set the BIOS to "2nd controller present = 1" -- > as opposed to the other choices of "none" or "2". When I boot the > machine, my 2 HDDs are detected, but I keep on getting "secondary HDC > failure". One thought: Make sure that the CDROM is plugged into the end plug of the 40-pin connection to your ribbon cable. If it is plugged into the middle plug with no other device on the end plug, spurious signals will be generated, like a SCSI device that is not terminated properly. Ed wea@llnl.gov To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message