Date: Wed, 29 Jan 1997 11:43:09 +0000 From: tom@virgil.net (Tom S.) To: John Duncan <jddst19+@pitt.edu> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: RE: Micron Pc Message-ID: <19970129165020843.AAA100@HOMER>
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> From: John Duncan <jddst19+@pitt.edu> > To: "questions@freebsd.org" <questions@freebsd.org>, > "'Tom S.'" > <tom@virgil.net> > Subject: RE: Micron Pc > Date: Tue, 28 Jan 1997 15:29:02 -0500 > The mcd to which that driver refers is the one controlled by a mitsumi > card which is different. A mitsumi ide cdrom drive should be showing > up as a wcd. If not, then you should try installing it as slave on the > primary ide controller. > > -John Hi i did that still no luck . . . I have now partitioned the computer so that one half has win95 - and i checked the specs for the network card and the cd rom works fine in win95. btw how can i find out what address my cdrom starts at?? > > ---------- > From: Tom S.[SMTP:tom@virgil.net] > Sent: Tuesday, January 28, 1997 8:10 AM > To: questions@freebsd.org > Subject: Micron Pc > > Hi the installation is not detecting my cd rom . . . here are my > specs > > phoenix bios 4.05 > pentium 166mhz > 32mb ram > Micron PC m55hi-plus > It's a Micron PC with all Intell parts > built in sound card > mitsumi cdrom IDE plugged into motherboard as a slave into the 2ndary > IDE plug > > I have an EIDE 2gig western digital caviar drive (it detects this ok) > wcacc22100H (western digital HD) > I have an Intell Ethernet express 16 bit network card > > Help! how can i get it to detect my cdrom so i can install this > thing > > it says mcd time out getting status when i boot from the boot disk - > that means it's not communicating with the mitsumi cdrom . . > > -tom
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