From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Sep 27 21:32:15 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: stable@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6430D16A7DC for ; Wed, 27 Sep 2006 21:32:15 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from frank_s@bellsouth.net) Received: from imf18aec.mail.bellsouth.net (imf18aec.mail.bellsouth.net [205.152.59.66]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 892EB43D7E for ; Wed, 27 Sep 2006 21:31:47 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from frank_s@bellsouth.net) Received: from ibm61aec.bellsouth.net ([70.152.41.212]) by imf18aec.mail.bellsouth.net with ESMTP id <20060927213110.RVBP7336.imf18aec.mail.bellsouth.net@ibm61aec.bellsouth.net> for ; Wed, 27 Sep 2006 17:31:10 -0400 Received: from Ace.nina.org ([70.152.41.212]) by ibm61aec.bellsouth.net with ESMTP id <20060927213110.YHKH21552.ibm61aec.bellsouth.net@Ace.nina.org>; Wed, 27 Sep 2006 17:31:10 -0400 Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2006 17:31:09 -0400 (EDT) From: Frank X-X-Sender: frank_s@Ace.nina.org To: Mike Jakubik In-Reply-To: <451AE94E.2030305@rogers.com> Message-ID: <20060927172701.M35705@Ace.nina.org> References: <20060927165559.V35705@Ace.nina.org> <451AE94E.2030305@rogers.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Cc: stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Showstopper - 6.2-PRERELEASE does not see SATA DVD drives (fwd) X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2006 21:32:15 -0000 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