From owner-freebsd-questions Fri May 31 10:20:24 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id KAA24826 for questions-outgoing; Fri, 31 May 1996 10:20:24 -0700 (PDT) Received: from riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu (riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.164]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id KAA24812 for ; Fri, 31 May 1996 10:20:04 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from dwhite@localhost) by riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu (8.6.12/8.6.12) id KAA12031; Fri, 31 May 1996 10:17:49 -0700 Date: Fri, 31 May 1996 10:17:49 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White Reply-To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu To: Brandon Gillespie cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: IDE CDROM install instructions in FAQ?? In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Fri, 31 May 1996, 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? The driver may not like where you've put the CD. Can you move it onto the primary controller? Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major