From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Oct 29 21:32:35 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id VAA00774 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 29 Oct 1996 21:32:35 -0800 (PST) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (gdi.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.30]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id VAA00764 for ; Tue, 29 Oct 1996 21:32:32 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.7.5/8.6.12) with SMTP id VAA00521; Tue, 29 Oct 1996 21:32:32 -0800 (PST) Date: Tue, 29 Oct 1996 21:32:32 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White Reply-To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu To: "Mark W. Dufault" cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ATAPI CDROM In-Reply-To: <199610300032.TAA16503@mailnfs0.tiac.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Tue, 29 Oct 1996, Mark W. Dufault wrote: > I just bought 2.1.5 on CD-ROM and I can't find the atapi.flp that is > supposed to be in the floppies\ directory. I have a Toshiba XM-5502TA. > How do I load the OS when the boot kernel doesn't recognize the CD-ROM? 2.1.5 doesn't come with an ATAPI.flp. If your cdrom isn't detected, try moving it to the slave position on the primary controller. I'm guessing this is a laptop so that may not be easy or possible. Make sure the secondary IDE controller is configured properly; the cd may be connected to it and not the primary IDE channel. > The main problem I am having is I'm new to this FreeBSD and the > documentation has many things in it that are not true. Most of the stuff in > the book about ATAPI is just not on the CD. It's probably for 2.1.0, the last release. > Is there a document with the real instuctions on how to get the kernel to > recognize an ATAPI CDROM? Once you get installed (and if boot.flp won't find it then a recompiled kernel won't either), look in the LINT kernel configuration file in /usr/src/sys/i386/conf and search for the ATAPI option section. There are a couple of lines to add to your kernel config. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major