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Date:      Mon, 11 May 1998 12:19:41 -0400
From:      Matthew Hagerty <wpub1@net-link.net>
To:        questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: 2.2.6-RELEASE CD-ROM problem
Message-ID:  <3.0.3.32.19980511121941.00777048@smtp.net-link.net>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980508154346.28351F-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu>
References:  <3.0.3.32.19980508094441.006cb0d4@smtp.net-link.net>

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The interface is a proprietary Sony (8 bit ISA card).  Two jumpers to set
the address 0x250 or 0x260.  I have tried with the disk in at power-up,
during boot, just before selecting the media, and after selecting the
media.  Does not seem to make any difference.  The kernel finds the drive
okay during device probing.  I have tried both addresses and different ISA
slots.  The funny thing is that this same card and CDROM worked fine with
FreeBSD 2.0.1 thru 2.2.5.  I do have scd0 in the kernel.

I did manage to install via FTP.  I then tried to mount the CDROM with:

mount /cdrom

But there was not a /cdrom directory like there has always been (I don't
ever recall having to create this directory on any of my other FreeBSD
systems.)  So I created the /cdrom and tried again and got a device does
not exist error.  So I tried:

mount /cdrom /dev/scd0a

and I got the 'media looks like an audio cd' error.

Any other suggestions?  Did this driver break between 2.2.5 and 2.2.6?

Thanks,
Matthew


>On Fri, 8 May 1998, Matthew Hagerty wrote:
>
>> Greetings,
>> 
>>    I have a 2X Sony CDU-33A CD-ROM in a 486/DX2-66 and I am trying to
>> install 2.2.6-RELEASE.  The problem is that when I get to the commit phase
>> of the install, I get an error that says:
>> 
>> The CD in your drive looks more like and audio CD, not a FreeBSD install
disk.
>> 
>>    Then it asks me if I want to re-select and/or change my media.  This
>> goes on and on.  I have put several disks through the drive and every one
>> gives me the same error.  The most confusing part is that I have installed
>> FreeBSD (2.2.5) using this CD-ROM!
>
>Is this an IDE or Sony proprietary inferface?  You may have to config
>scd0.
>
>>  Last night I updated the MB from 486-33 to 486-66, added a second IDE
>> hd, and a modem.  I have installed FreeBSD on the 486-66 MB many times
>> before without problems.  Any suggestions?  Install finds the drive,
>> identifies it correctly, but just won't read the disks. 
>
>Are they even found?  Try hitting ALT-F2 at the main menu and make sure it
>finds the CDROM device.  Also makes  sure you're putting the CD in before
>the system boots.
>
>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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