From owner-freebsd-hardware Tue Jun 25 17:34:15 1996 Return-Path: owner-hardware Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id RAA14069 for hardware-outgoing; Tue, 25 Jun 1996 17:34:15 -0700 (PDT) Received: from lserver.infoworld.com (lserver.infoworld.com [192.216.48.4]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id RAA14062 for ; Tue, 25 Jun 1996 17:34:14 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ccgate.infoworld.com by lserver.infoworld.com with smtp (Smail3.1.29.1 #12) id m0uYjx5-000wujC; Tue, 25 Jun 96 19:03 PDT Received: from cc:Mail by ccgate.infoworld.com id AA835749115; Tue, 25 Jun 96 18:24:13 PST Date: Tue, 25 Jun 96 18:24:13 PST From: "Brett Glass" Message-Id: <9605258357.AA835749115@ccgate.infoworld.com> To: Michael Smith Cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Gateway Solo with ATAPI CD-ROM: How to install? Sender: owner-hardware@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > You'll notice the pamphlet is the 2.1R version with a sticky label over > it. The 2.2 SNAP has the ATAPI code in the normal boot image. Hmmm. If that's so, it didn't recognize the drive. > Sounds like it's just a total loser of a unit 8( Actually, it runs rather well. I'm out to cure its biggest bug: the fact that it shipped with Windows '95 preinstalled. ;-) > What brand is the CDrom, and how is it supposedly connected? It's a Panasonic/Matsushita, and it's on the primary IDE interface together with the 1.2 GB hard disk. > You're going to have to figure out why the CD isn't behaving as expected, > which will basically mean sitting down with the source and the ATAPI spec > and trying to visualise how the buggers who designed it could have > misinterpreted or shortcut the spec (or find the bug in the ATAPI code) > such that yours isn't probed. Could it be that it won't probe for it on the same interface as the hard drive? > As for the '562, I can't say; check the Nomad stuff and see if they > reckon they have it working... Where would I find the "Nomad stuff?" (No quips about oases, please.... ;-) --Brett