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Date: Tue, 9 Dec 1997 11:36:37 -0800 (PST)
From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
Reply-To: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>
To: Charles McColm <charm@cois.on.ca>
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Subject: Re: Hitachi 4x CDROM and FreeBSD 2.2.2
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On Mon, 8 Dec 1997, Charles McColm wrote:

> 
> I can't seem to get FreeBSD 2.2.2 to detect my Hitachi 4x CDROM.  I've ran
> UserConfig and disabled all conflicts.  I read the Hardware.Txt but
> couldn't find anything applicable.  I've installed it from a W95 partition,
> but I still cannot access my cdrom to further access the FreeBSD cd.

Hitachi's are one of the CDs that don't probe reliably.

Try moving it to the slave position on the primary controller.

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major