From owner-freebsd-stable Sun Feb 24 7: 1:22 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from bilver.wjv.com (spdsl-033.wanlogistics.net [63.209.115.33]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D7B8237B402 for ; Sun, 24 Feb 2002 07:01:19 -0800 (PST) Received: (from bv@localhost) by bilver.wjv.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) id g1OF18F00466 for stable@FreeBSD.ORG; Sun, 24 Feb 2002 10:01:08 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from bv) Date: Sun, 24 Feb 2002 10:01:08 -0500 From: Bill Vermillion To: stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Toshibae DVD-ROM in Sony laptop not recognized Message-ID: <20020224150108.GB83570@wjv.com> Reply-To: bv@wjv.com References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.25i Organization: W.J.Vermillion / Orlando - Winter Park Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > > Date: Sat, 23 Feb 2002 13:45:21 -0800 > From: Claus Assmann > Subject: Toshibae DVD-ROM in Sony laptop not recognized > I have a Sony VAIO PCG-XG9 with a Toshiba DVD-ROM (model no. SD-C2202) > running FreeBSD 4.5 release. During boot this message shows up: > > /kernel: ata1-master: Unknown device - NO DRIVER! > > Could this be a hardware problem (the garbled string looks suspicious, > the laptop takes pretty long before it even comes up with the > bootloader) or a software problem? Does anyone have this combination > working? Look closely at the garbled string. Looks like a bit is stuck low. S drops on character to R, I drop 1 to H amd A drops to @ Last time I saw that was a long time ago with a chip that was bad. All the above are indications that bit 0 is stuck at 0 instead of going to 1. Bill -- Bill Vermillion - bv @ wjv . com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message