Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2001 23:02:52 -0400 From: "Allie" <tekkgirlATL@hotmail.com> To: "dmp" <dmp@pantherdragon.org>, "Peter" <fbsdq@yahoo.com> Cc: <whitt38@home.com>, <freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: newbie wannabe asks "Where's my CD drive?" Message-ID: <OE73NsokLQ8aZRhQdOg00011204@hotmail.com> References: <SAK.2001.06.27.bqeerhba@support10> <3B3A441D.89F79E30@pantherdragon.org>
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Did you also check to make sure that the IDE controller is enabled in the BIOS? That has been my problem a couple of times and it always slips my mind, therefore being the last place I check. ----- Original Message ----- From: "dmp" <dmp@pantherdragon.org> To: "Peter" <fbsdq@yahoo.com> Cc: <whitt38@home.com>; <freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org> Sent: Wednesday, June 27, 2001 4:37 PM Subject: Re: newbie wannabe asks "Where's my CD drive?" > Peter wrote: > > > > On 06/27/2001 2:20:09 PM, "Rod Whittlesey" is quoted as saying: > > . . . .|Ok, so, like I get the mfsroot.flp and kern.flp copied onto floppies using a > > . . . .|utility program. Now when I boot and go thru the probes, and in Userconfig, > > . . . .|there is no CD recognized. I notice that the BIOS on this machine doesn't > > . . . .|seem to know about the CD either. > > If the bios does not know about the CD-ROM, do you > > have a cd-rom on this computer? > > If you do, it's probably disconnected on the inside. > > What I had happen is that the IDE cables to the CD somehow got disconnected. > > > > What you should do is go into the bios, and make it scan for all IDE > > devices, and see if it finds the CD-ROM, if not it's probably disconnected > > via the IDE cable or the power-cable. > > Or set the position the CD drive is taking up (i.e. 2nd master) to > auto, and that may find it. > > Note, however, that the BIOS doesn't have to find the drive for FreeBSD > to be able to find and use it. > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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