From owner-freebsd-questions Fri May 31 09:41:54 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id JAA22767 for questions-outgoing; Fri, 31 May 1996 09:41:54 -0700 (PDT) Received: from jack.Colorado.EDU (jack.Colorado.EDU [128.138.149.29]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id JAA22761 for ; Fri, 31 May 1996 09:41:50 -0700 (PDT) Received: from jack (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by jack.Colorado.EDU (8.7.5/8.7.3/CNS-4.0p) with SMTP id KAA09451; Fri, 31 May 1996 10:36:44 -0600 (MDT) Message-ID: <31AF201B.817@Colorado.EDU> Date: Fri, 31 May 1996 10:36:43 -0600 From: "Mark O'Lear" Organization: University of Colorado X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0b4 (X11; I; SunOS 5.4 sun4m) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Brandon Gillespie CC: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: IDE CDROM install instructions in FAQ?? References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Brandon Gillespie wrote: > > I've searched the FAQ, I've searched the Handbook--both to no avail > (either that, or I simply didn't look hard enough). > > Are there instructions for installing an IDE CDROM drive? I've done my > best to follow my nose, I de-commented the ATAPI option and the wcd0 > device from the kernel config and rebuilt the kernel, I have even run a > 'MAKEDEV wcd0' in the /dev directory, yet I still am unable to even get > the CDROM probed on bootup.. It _IS_ an ide CDROM, plugged directly into > the second IDE device slot on a Triton MB (onboard ide). The CDROM is a > hitachi cdrom. For the kernel config I simply copied GENERIC and > decommented the two pertinent lines (ATAPI and wcd0). What am I missing? > > -Brandon Gillespie You might try putting in ATAPI_STATIC as well. I had to put both lines in my kernel config file before it recognized my IDE CDROM drive: options ATAPI #Enable ATAPI support for IDE bus options ATAPI_STATIC #Don't do it as an LKM -- Mark O'Lear \ e-mail: Mark.Olear@Colorado.EDU University of Colorado \ phone: (303) 492-3798 Telecomm. Svcs. (CB 313) \ fax: (303) 492-5105 Boulder, CO 80309 \