Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2004 07:45:39 -0600 From: John <john@starfire.mn.org> To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Failure to probe atapi CDROM unless booting from it Message-ID: <20040115074539.A57621@starfire.mn.org>
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When it is identified, the device is identified as follows: Jan 11 17:56:56 pearl /kernel: acd0: CDROM <Compaq CRN-8241B> at ata0-slave PIO4 That only happens, however, when I boot from said device (this is on a Compaq Armada M700, P650, 320Mb RAM, BIOS 686H 3/15/2002(latest)). Otherwise, I get Jan 11 18:09:55 pearl /kernel: ata0-slave: ATA identify retries exceeded I am running 4.8R, but I've looked at ata-all.c from 4S, and it doesn't look significantly different with respect to this section of code. Well, it doesn't look at all different with respect to the section of code that produces the error messages above. So - is the BIOS doing something to kick-start that drive that should be added to our code? Anyone else got a similar drive which is working correctly? I've heard from other M700 owners, but they haven't identified their drives. If other drives are working, and no-one else has one of these, maybe I can arrange to trade with the company I bought this from for a different drive, or just buy a DVD-capable drive from them and be done with it. Based on this experience, however, I'd like to be able to specify exactly which drive they should send me, since, apparently, not all drives are quite interchangeable. Other suggestions? -- John Lind john@starfire.MN.ORG
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