From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Nov 17 22:32:54 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id WAA15568 for questions-outgoing; Sun, 17 Nov 1996 22:32:54 -0800 (PST) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (gdi.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.30]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id WAA15557 for ; Sun, 17 Nov 1996 22:32:38 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.7.5/8.6.12) with SMTP id WAA08316; Sun, 17 Nov 1996 22:32:33 -0800 (PST) Date: Sun, 17 Nov 1996 22:32:32 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White Reply-To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu To: Henrik Johansson cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Problem accessing CD-ROM drive In-Reply-To: <1.5.4.16.19961117204811.28e72108@student.udd.htu.se> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Sun, 17 Nov 1996, Henrik Johansson wrote: > I have a Sony CDU33A drive which is supported by freebsd. > When installing from CD-ROM the CD-ROM drive is detected=20 > automatically, but when installing from a DOS partition > it is impossible to mount the CD-Rom drive upon completed install. > I know this because I have version 2.1 on CD-ROM, but when > installing version 2.1.6 I chose to download the distribution > at the college I=B4m going to, because my home PC does not have > Internet access.=20 > (I download the system on diskettes at school, and then=20 > I bring them home and store the files on a DOS partition). It should work right away with 2.1.6. 2.1.0 didn't enable ATAPI support by default, you had to rebuild the kernel. Are you rebuilding and reinstalling a new 2.1.6 kernel after upgrading? Doug White | University of Oregon =20 Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major