From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Mar 14 10:01:22 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id KAA02117 for questions-outgoing; Fri, 14 Mar 1997 10:01:22 -0800 (PST) Received: from who.cdrom.com (who.cdrom.com [204.216.27.3]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id KAA02112 for ; Fri, 14 Mar 1997 10:01:19 -0800 (PST) Received: from xmission.xmission.com (softweyr@xmission.xmission.com [198.60.22.2]) by who.cdrom.com (8.8.5/8.6.11) with ESMTP id KAA17841 for ; Fri, 14 Mar 1997 10:01:11 -0800 (PST) Received: (from softweyr@localhost) by xmission.xmission.com (8.8.5/8.7.5) id KAA10639; Fri, 14 Mar 1997 10:57:33 -0700 (MST) From: Softweyr LLC Message-Id: <199703141757.KAA10639@xmission.xmission.com> Subject: Re: Tip & Questions To: rorozco@tunku.uady.mx (Ramon Orozco Antonio) Date: Fri, 14 Mar 1997 10:57:32 -0700 (MST) Cc: questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: from "Ramon Orozco Antonio" at Mar 13, 97 10:07:24 am X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL25] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > Even though a Mitsumi 2x LU005S doesn't appear in the supported hardware > list provided in the back side of the CD, I installed succesfully FreeBSD > 2.1.5 directly from CD-ROM. But when I tried it using a Mitsumi 8x FX810S > I had to install from a DOS partition. I didn't find the way for FreeBSD' > CD-ROM recognition. I almost give up!. Does FreeBSD support this type of > CD-ROM (FX810S)?. LU005S model has a proprietary card and FX810S uses The machine in front of me has an FX-810S that works just fine. I have it setup as the slave drive on the first controller. The only problem I've encountered is that it is *very noisy*, and there is not much FreeBSD can do about that. > IDE/ATAPI interface. I suppose that FreeBSD doesn't support this kind of > CC.DD. Why not? Linux do it and also supports LU005S. Anyway, Will FreeBSD > add support for IDE/ATAPI CD-ROM drives in the near future? I saw > yesterday in Walnut Creek CD-ROM website that FreeBSD 2.1.7 is coming > soon. Make sure you have wcd configured in your kernel, and have made the wcd devices in /dev. Also, make sure you're using the correct device names in commands; you must use the wcd devices, not mcd or cd. -- "Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?" Wes Peters Softweyr LLC http://www.xmission.com/~softweyr softweyr@xmission.com