From owner-freebsd-newbies Wed Jun 27 20: 3:10 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from hotmail.com (oe73.law14.hotmail.com [64.4.20.208]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1059137B401 for ; Wed, 27 Jun 2001 20:03:08 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from tekkgirlatl@hotmail.com) Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Wed, 27 Jun 2001 20:03:07 -0700 X-Originating-IP: [207.77.223.201] From: "Allie" To: "dmp" , "Peter" Cc: , References: <3B3A441D.89F79E30@pantherdragon.org> Subject: Re: newbie wannabe asks "Where's my CD drive?" Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2001 23:02:52 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4133.2400 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4133.2400 Message-ID: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 28 Jun 2001 03:03:07.0835 (UTC) FILETIME=[DB67D0B0:01C0FF7E] Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org 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" To: "Peter" Cc: ; 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