From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Mar 20 18:49:57 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9FC0F16A425 for ; Mon, 20 Mar 2006 18:49:57 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jhb@freebsd.org) Received: from server.baldwin.cx (66-23-211-162.clients.speedfactory.net [66.23.211.162]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F344A43D49 for ; Mon, 20 Mar 2006 18:49:56 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jhb@freebsd.org) Received: from localhost (john@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by server.baldwin.cx (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k2KIntCS000958; Mon, 20 Mar 2006 13:49:55 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from jhb@freebsd.org) From: John Baldwin To: disposable42-fm@yahoo.com Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2006 13:31:38 -0500 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.1 References: <20060318034710.67860.qmail@web52508.mail.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <20060318034710.67860.qmail@web52508.mail.yahoo.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200603201331.40529.jhb@freebsd.org> X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.87.1/1345/Mon Mar 20 07:03:16 2006 on server.baldwin.cx X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.6 required=4.2 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,AWL,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.1.0 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.0 (2005-09-13) on server.baldwin.cx Cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: CD device no longer works in new FreeBSD releases? X-BeenThere: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion of FreeBSD hardware List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2006 18:49:57 -0000 On Friday 17 March 2006 22:47, disposable42-fm@yahoo.com wrote: > --- John Baldwin wrote: > > > On Wednesday 15 March 2006 05:10, disposable42-fm@yahoo.com wrote: > > > Hi guys, > > > > > > Not sure if this is the right place for this question, but I've been > > trying > > > to get FreeBSD 6.0-RELEASE working on a laptop, a Compaq Armada V300. > > > I boot the installation off the CD drive, go through the setup process > > > fine, but when I have to choose the installation method, it reports `No > > CD > > > devices found!'. Disabling ACPI didn't do anything, either. > > > I remembered I had an old FreeBSD 4.10 disk lying around, so I gave > > that a > > > go as a last resort, and lo and behold, it worked- it installed > > everything > > > off the first CD. Haven't tried 5.x, I assume the latest release would > > > support the most hardware. > > > > > > Were some drivers removed after 4.x, or isn't the installer detecting > > the > > > CDROM? Is there any way to fix this, or should I stick to 4.x (or, eek, > > > Linux)? It's a `CRN-8241B' if that helps, but anything that turns up on > > > Google seems to be about 4.x, and works fine. > > > > > > > > > Thanks in advance, but apologies if I've posted to the wrong place. > > > > Would you be able to capture the dmesg from the 6.0 kernel using a > > serial console or some other means? Also, would you be able to provide > > a dmesg from the 4.x kernel? > Okay, sorry for the late reply, had to source a DB9 cable (had everything > /but/). I found it interesting that while 4.10 finds my pccard, it doesn't > find the Xircom ethernet card, but 6.0-R does (as well as ACPI support). > > Anyway, in the 4.10 output, you can see on line 87-88 it finds ad0 & acd0, > but on 6.0 it only finds ad0. I don't see anything obvious. Perhaps try asking sos@ as he maintains the ATA drivers? -- John Baldwin <>< http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ "Power Users Use the Power to Serve" = http://www.FreeBSD.org