From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Jan 28 12:37:02 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id MAA08681 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 28 Jan 1997 12:37:02 -0800 (PST) Received: from post-ofc02.srv.cis.pitt.edu (root@post-ofc02.srv.cis.pitt.edu [136.142.185.24]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id MAA08654 for ; Tue, 28 Jan 1997 12:36:23 -0800 (PST) Received: from local (root@localhost) by post-ofc02.srv.cis.pitt.edu (8.8.5/cispo-2.0.1.7) ID ; Tue, 28 Jan 1997 15:35:40 -0500 (EST) Received: via switchmail; Tue, 28 Jan 1997 15:35:40 -0500 (EST) Received: from pop.srv.cis.pitt.edu via qmail ID ; Tue, 28 Jan 1997 15:33:42 -0500 (EST) Received: from ehdup-a1-3.rmt.net.pitt.edu (ehdup-a1-3.rmt.net.pitt.edu [136.142.20.13]) by pop.srv.cis.pitt.edu with SMTP (8.8.5/cispop-1.6.1.4) ID ; Tue, 28 Jan 1997 15:33:28 -0500 (EST) Received: by ehdup-a1-3.rmt.net.pitt.edu with Microsoft Mail id <01BC0D30.3281F420@ehdup-a1-3.rmt.net.pitt.edu>; Tue, 28 Jan 1997 15:30:31 -0500 Message-ID: <01BC0D30.3281F420@ehdup-a1-3.rmt.net.pitt.edu> From: John Duncan To: "questions@freebsd.org" , "'Tom S.'" Subject: RE: Micron Pc Date: Tue, 28 Jan 1997 15:29:02 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk The mcd to which that driver refers is the one controlled by a mitsumi card which is different. A mitsumi ide cdrom drive should be showing up as a wcd. If not, then you should try installing it as slave on the primary ide controller. -John ---------- From: Tom S.[SMTP:tom@virgil.net] Sent: Tuesday, January 28, 1997 8:10 AM To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Micron Pc 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