From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Jan 28 11:40:51 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id LAA05446 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 28 Jan 1997 11:40:51 -0800 (PST) Received: from gatekeeper.barcode.co.il (gatekeeper.barcode.co.il [192.116.93.17]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id LAA05441 for ; Tue, 28 Jan 1997 11:40:46 -0800 (PST) Received: (from nadav@localhost) by gatekeeper.barcode.co.il (8.7.5/8.6.12) id VAA29731; Tue, 28 Jan 1997 21:39:32 +0200 (IST) Date: Tue, 28 Jan 1997 21:39:32 +0200 (IST) From: Nadav Eiron To: "Tom S." cc: questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Micron Pc In-Reply-To: <19970128181805671.AAA230@HOMER> 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, 28 Jan 1997, Tom S. wrote: > Hi the installation is not detecting my cd rom . . . here are my > specs > > phoenix bios 4.05 > pentium 166mhz > 32mb ram > Micron PC m55hi-plus > It's a Micron PC with all Intell parts > built in sound card > mitsumi cdrom IDE plugged into motherboard as a slave into the 2ndary > IDE plug > > I have an EIDE 2gig western digital caviar drive (it detects this ok) > wcacc22100H (western digital HD) > I have an Intell Ethernet express 16 bit network card > > Help! how can i get it to detect my cdrom so i can install this > thing > > it says mcd time out getting status when i boot from the boot disk - > that means it's not communicating with the mitsumi cdrom . . > > -tom > > -tom > The mcd driver is for old Mitsumi drives with a proprietary interface. ATAPI (IDE) drives should be detected by the wcd driver. For best results, try moving your drive to the slave position on the primary controller (the same controller your hard disk is connected to). Nadav