Date: Fri, 30 Aug 1996 13:08:56 +0100 From: Scott Mitchell <scott@dcs.qmw.ac.uk> To: Ken Lareau <klareau@squonk.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Problems with Creative CD-ROM on FreeBSD 2.1 Message-ID: <199608301208.NAA27785@crux> In-Reply-To: <96723855@toto.iv>
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Ken Lareau said:
>I have made several unsuccessful attempts to load FreeBSD 2.1 onto my system,
>due to the fact that it seems that the Creative CD-ROM drive I have may not
>be supported. According to the info only the 2x drives (562/563) are cur-
>rently supposrt, and the drive I have is a 4x drive, though I'm uncertain of
>the model number.
>
>I would like to know if I'm wasting my time attempting to make this drive
>work, or whether I'm just not setting something correctly. Any help/advice
>you could give would be greatly appreciated.
>
>Thanks.
>
>
>Ken Lareau
>klareau@squonk.net
>
Is that an ATAPI (IDE) drive or the Creative proprietary kind? My
Creative 4x ATAPI, piece of crap though it is, works most of the time.
AFAIK all the proprietary interface models should work just fine.
To get my drive to be recognised it had to be connected as the slave
on the primary IDE controller.
Hope this helps,
Scott
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