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Date: Sun, 26 Jan 1997 19:32:12 +0200 (IST)
From: Nadav Eiron <nadav@barcode.co.il>
To: "Jose' Marcos Bizinover" <jmarcos@domain.com.br>
cc: questions@freebsd.org, support@cdrom.com
Subject: Re: CREATIVE LABS IDE CD-ROM DRIVE
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On Sun, 26 Jan 1997, Jose' Marcos Bizinover wrote:

> Dear Sirs,
> 
> I've bought Walnut Creek's FreeBSD 2.1.6 CD-ROM, but the install kernel,
> booted from floppy and 'SYSINSTALL' don't find/probe my IDE CD-ROM DRIVE
> (Creative Labs model CD820E.1v78b9108 - 8x speed). It is placed in the
> secondary on board IDE controlller: INTEL PIIX PCI IDE, IRQ = 15; port =
> 0x170. Install kernel probed wdc1 at 0x170, IRQ =15, but when i try to
> install from CD-ROM i receive 'No CD-ROM device found' (BTW, no problems
> with my other O/S, Win95)
> 
> In RELNOTES.TXT it's mentioned a 'wcd' device - ATAPI IDE interface in an
> Alpha(?!?!) stage in 2.1.6...
> 
> Question: It's possible find my IDE CD-ROM? In my opinion, this issue is a
> reasonably feature to be present in FreeBSD since now virtually all
> commercial CD-ROM launched in market it's an IDE one... So, what's the
> purpose of buying an O/S within a CD-ROM if you can't install from it and
> even te O?S don't recognize a 'de facto' device?
> 
> Looking forward to hearing about you,
> 
> Yours sincerelly,
> **************************
> *                        *
> * Jose' Marcos Bizinover *
> * jmarcos@domain.com.br  *
> *                        *
> **************************
> 
> 
Try moving your CD drive to be the slave on teh primary IDE controller. I 
have a Creative x8 drive working that way.

Nadav