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From: Carey Nairn <cp_nairn@its.utas.edu.au>
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Subject: Re: ATAPI CD-ROM on Primary IDE, slave drive?
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On Wed, 9 Oct 1996 john@starfire.mn.org wrote:

> I have heard that the ATAPI boot image is set up for the CD to be
> on the secondary IDE bus, as master.  If this is the case, is there
> a way, with boot -c or something, to set it for Primary IDE, Slave?
> 
> I have looked in /cdrom1/*.TXT and /cdrom2/doc/* and found almost
> no information pertaining specifically to the ATAPI support.
> (Fortunately, "atapi" is pretty unique, because grepping for "-i
> ide" gets provide(s), side(s), and idea(s)... :-)  In fact, I have
> found almost nothing on ATAPI support: how it is configured or what
> options there may be.  Am I looking in the wrong place?  If so,
> where is the right place?
> 
> I have a geographically-distant friend who is trying to load FreeBSD
> on a new Gateway box with Win95 pre-loaded.  The CD worked fine
> under Win95, but the atapi boot image doesn't find it.
> 
> Thanks for any and all help!
> 
> 		 John Lind, Starfire Consulting Services
> E-mail: john@starfire.MN.ORG	    USnail: PO Box 17247, Mpls MN  55417
> 
>

As far as I know, the default setup is for the IDE CD to be a slave on the
primary controller.  This is certainly how mine was set up when I did the
2.1.5 install. 

Cheers,
Carey

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