From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Apr 29 00:32:00 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id AAA28101 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 29 Apr 1996 00:32:00 -0700 (PDT) Received: from riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu (riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.164]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id AAA28096 for ; Mon, 29 Apr 1996 00:31:58 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from dwhite@localhost) by riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu (8.6.12/8.6.12) id AAA14268; Mon, 29 Apr 1996 00:35:20 -0700 Date: Mon, 29 Apr 1996 00:35:20 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White Reply-To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu To: Ben Wern cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: IDE CDROM Failure? In-Reply-To: <2.2.16.19960429071133.4b1708ba@192.1.1.9> 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 Mon, 29 Apr 1996, Ben Wern wrote: > >Now, was it working AFTER the install? If this is the first time the > >installed system was booted, you'll have to rebuild the kernel with the > >ATAPI options detailed in LINT. > > Yes, this was after a 2 month old, fully funciton install - this particular > kernel had been running for 2 months, with a function CDROM. Wierd. (Strangeness class upgrade) This is quickly escaping my expertise. Final suggestions: 1) Does it work with DOS okay? Looking at a possible hardware failure. Check cables, etc.... 2) Hope someone else who actually knows something about ATAPI answers the question. :) > >Did you try ./MAKEDEV wcd0? :-) > > Well, the devices already existed (like I said, it was working), but after a > couple of failure days, I removed it and remade it. Still, no success. > > Perhaps I should just chuck all my disks and put in a SCSI system. :) I dumped a TEAC proprietary for a Plextor 4.5PleX SCSI and a NCR controller. Works under freebsd and blows the pants off of that nasty teac. :) Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major