Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2006 13:31:38 -0500 From: John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org> To: disposable42-fm@yahoo.com Cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: CD device no longer works in new FreeBSD releases? Message-ID: <200603201331.40529.jhb@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <20060318034710.67860.qmail@web52508.mail.yahoo.com> References: <20060318034710.67860.qmail@web52508.mail.yahoo.com>
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On Friday 17 March 2006 22:47, disposable42-fm@yahoo.com wrote: > --- John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org> 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 <jhb@FreeBSD.org> <>< http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ "Power Users Use the Power to Serve" = http://www.FreeBSD.org
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