Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2000 01:01:42 +0000 From: Harry Woodward-Clarke <Harry.Woodward-Clarke@S1.com> To: Adam Blake <blake@sba.miami.edu> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD 4.0 can't find CD-ROM Message-ID: <3957FCF6.DAA9B169@S1.com> References: <Pine.OSF.4.10.10006262044120.14673-100000@homer.bus.miami.edu>
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Hi Adam, > > I recently aquired an older Gateway "2000" pc with a pentium > processor (100 Mhz), a Western digital 730 MB hard disk and > a 2x CD-ROM. Here's the tricky part. > > The CD-ROM is attatched to the motherboard at the "ISA IDE BUS" > which the bios calls the sencondary Hard Disk. This is where the > problem begins... The BIOS is really old and does not see that there is > a CD-ROM on that bus. I have no idea how windowz found the CD-ROM > but I can't get FreeBSD 4.0 to install from this after I boot from > floppies... First thing to chek is that (assuming the CD-ROM is the _only_ device on the 2ndary IDE channel) that it is the PRIMARY device on the 2ndary IDE channel. You will probably need to move a jumper either on the back next to the ide cable, or underneath - both require you to remove the drive (not hard). hth, Haxxa To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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