From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Jan 29 08:44:23 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id IAA08997 for questions-outgoing; Wed, 29 Jan 1997 08:44:23 -0800 (PST) Received: from server1.virgil.net ([206.249.11.2]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id IAA08986 for ; Wed, 29 Jan 1997 08:44:15 -0800 (PST) Received: from HOMER ([206.249.11.4]) by server1.virgil.net (post.office MTA v2.0 0813 ID# 0-0U10) with SMTP id AAA100; Wed, 29 Jan 1997 11:50:20 -0500 Comments: Authenticated sender is From: tom@virgil.net (Tom S.) To: John Duncan Date: Wed, 29 Jan 1997 11:43:09 +0000 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Subject: RE: Micron Pc CC: questions@freebsd.org Priority: normal X-mailer: Pegasus Mail for Win32 (v2.42a) Message-ID: <19970129165020843.AAA100@HOMER> Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > From: John Duncan > To: "questions@freebsd.org" , > "'Tom S.'" > > 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