Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2006 17:31:09 -0400 (EDT) From: Frank <frank_s@bellsouth.net> To: Mike Jakubik <mikej@rogers.com> Cc: stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Showstopper - 6.2-PRERELEASE does not see SATA DVD drives (fwd) Message-ID: <20060927172701.M35705@Ace.nina.org> In-Reply-To: <451AE94E.2030305@rogers.com> References: <20060927165559.V35705@Ace.nina.org> <451AE94E.2030305@rogers.com>
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On Wed, 27 Sep 2006, Mike Jakubik wrote: > Frank wrote: >> I am sending this again since it has been 4 days with no response. >> >> I consider this a showstopper since I could boot from CD but sysinstall >> could not see the DVD drives, thus no CD install. I had to mount the CD in >> another machine and do a NFS install. > > SATA optical drives are not supported, neither is your brand new gaming sound > card. This is far from being a show stopper. Please consult the hardware > notes in the future before complaining on the lists. The Hardware Notes do not mention SATA at all except for RAID controllers. I figured if the SATA hard drives are supported the DVD drives would be also since the notes did not say that they were not. Is there a timeframe for SATA CD and DVD support? -- Frank
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