Date: Fri, 5 Sep 1997 08:30:22 +0200 (MEST) From: Søren Schmidt <sos@sos.freebsd.dk> To: freebsd@atipa.com (Atipa) Cc: hackers@freebsd.com Subject: Re: PIIX3 controller does not support CD-ROMs under FreeBSD Message-ID: <199709050630.IAA01417@sos.freebsd.dk> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.91.970904171707.5234A-100000@dot.ishiboo.com> from Atipa at "Sep 4, 97 05:23:04 pm"
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In reply to Atipa who wrote:
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> The PIIX3 IDE controller (pci0) used on 430TX-based and 440LX-based
> motherboards is not currently supported. IDE disks work ok, but I can not
> get any CD-ROMs to work. It does not recognize wdc1, although it does find
> wcd0. DOS has no problem at all seeing the CD-ROM. This is very
> repeatable; simply try to use a CD-ROM w/ TX.
Erhm, you mean a PIIX4 right ?? thats the one that goes with the TX & LX.
> > wdc0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7 irq 14 on isa
> > wdc0: unit 0 (wd0): <QUANTUM FIREBALL ST4.3A>
> > wd0: 4110MB (8418816 sectors), 14848 cyls, 9 heads, 63 S/T, 512 B/S
> > wdc1 not found at 0x170
We need ALOT more information to diagnose this:
Hmm, have you enabled both IDE channels in the BIOS ??
How exactly are your drives connected (master, slave, primary, secondary) ??
What kind of disks (manufacturer, model)
What kind of cdroms (manufacturer, model)
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Søren Schmidt (sos@FreeBSD.org) FreeBSD Core Team
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