From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Feb 1 21:23:11 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id VAA12483 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Mon, 1 Feb 1999 21:23:11 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from allegro.lemis.com (allegro.lemis.com [192.109.197.134]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id VAA12458 for ; Mon, 1 Feb 1999 21:23:03 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from grog@freebie.lemis.com) Received: from freebie.lemis.com (freebie.lemis.com [192.109.197.137]) by allegro.lemis.com (8.9.1/8.9.0) with ESMTP id PAA21848; Tue, 2 Feb 1999 15:52:59 +1030 (CST) Received: (from grog@localhost) by freebie.lemis.com (8.9.2/8.9.0) id PAA77879; Tue, 2 Feb 1999 15:52:58 +1030 (CST) Date: Tue, 2 Feb 1999 15:52:58 +1030 From: Greg Lehey To: Castor Fu Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Only CD on IDE w/ SCSI disk? Message-ID: <19990202155258.R76680@freebie.lemis.com> References: <19990202151729.O76680@freebie.lemis.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.95.1i In-Reply-To: ; from Castor Fu on Mon, Feb 01, 1999 at 09:19:55PM -0800 WWW-Home-Page: http://www.lemis.com/~grog Organization: LEMIS, PO Box 460, Echunga SA 5153, Australia Phone: +61-8-8388-8286 Fax: +61-8-8388-8725 Mobile: +61-41-739-7062 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Monday, 1 February 1999 at 21:19:55 -0800, Castor Fu wrote: > On Tue, 2 Feb 1999, Greg Lehey wrote: > >> On Monday, 1 February 1999 at 20:19:59 -0800, Castor Fu wrote: >>> I have a system with an ATAPI IDE CD-ROM drive (Lucky Goldstar CRD-8322B), >>> and a SCSI hard disk off a Diamond Fireport 40 controller. >>> >>> When I try booting off a FreeBSD-2.2.8 installation CD, the kernel >>> doesn't detect the IDE CD-ROM unless I also hook up an IDE Disk. >>> >>> I've tried using the "Cable Select", "Master" and "Slave" settings >>> on the drive, and they all fail. When using "Cable Select" or "Master" the IDE >>> controller is detected but the drive is not. With the "Slave" setting, >>> the controller is not detected at all. >>> >>> Should FreeBSD-2.x be able to work with just one IDE device which is a >>> CD-ROM? >> >> It should be able to, but it's a weak area. Is it possible that your >> CD-ROM should be jumpered for neither master nor slave when it's by >> itself? Probably the easiest thing to do is to download the 3.0 boot >> disk; you don't need to install 3.0, but it'll tell you if it finds >> the CD-ROM or not. > > I assumed that the "Cable Select" position was equivalent to neither > master nor slave. Booting with the FreeBSD-3.0-RELEASE boot floppy doesn't > detect the CD-ROM drive either. Is the new Atapi-CD driver likely to > change things? I believe the new driver is already there in 3.0-RELEASE. This looks like bad news. > Linux works just fine in this configuration. That at least confirms that you have the jumpers set correctly. I'll check who's supporting this stuff. Greg -- When replying to this message, please copy the original recipients. For more information, see http://www.lemis.com/questions.html See complete headers for address, home page and phone numbers finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message