From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Mar 13 17:34:54 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id RAA04131 for questions-outgoing; Thu, 13 Mar 1997 17:34:54 -0800 (PST) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (gdi.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.30]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id RAA04114 for ; Thu, 13 Mar 1997 17:34:46 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.5/8.6.12) with SMTP id RAA02380; Thu, 13 Mar 1997 17:34:25 -0800 (PST) Date: Thu, 13 Mar 1997 17:34:25 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White X-Sender: dwhite@localhost Reply-To: Doug White To: dkite@icomnet.com cc: FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: IDE cdrom drive problems In-Reply-To: <199703132131.NAA03034@websgi> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@FREEBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Thu, 13 Mar 1997, Doug Kite wrote: > I am trying to get an IDE cdrom working in my FreeBSD 2.1.5 machine. > It has an Adaptec 1542 scsi controller, and one scsi disk. The only > reason for the IDE controller is the cdrom (no ide drives). I > recompiled the kernel with options ATAPI and device wcd0. I have > tried all the combinations of master, slave, single on several > different cdrom drives, yet I always get the following messages at > boot time: > > wdc0 not found at 0x1f0 > wdc1 at 0x170-0x177 irq 15 on isa > wdc1: unit 0 (atapi): , removable > wdc1: unit 0: unknown ATAPI protocol=0 > > Any ideas would be appreciated. Not supported? I highly suggest unloading it on some unknowing Win95 user and buying yourself a SCSI CDROM. This drive does not conform to ATAPI specifications, and the SCSI cd will never bother you again. I have two of them on a NCR 53c815 and never, ever a problem. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major