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Date:      Thu, 24 Aug 1995 09:20:22 +0100 (BST)
From:      Doug Rabson <dfr@render.com>
To:        purna@cs.shizuoka.ac.jp
Cc:        hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Help installing IDE CD-ROM driver
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.91.950824091914.1192B-100000@minnow.render.com>
In-Reply-To: <9508240309.AA01210@jaguar.cs.shizuoka.ac.jp>

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On Thu, 24 Aug 1995 purna@cs.shizuoka.ac.jp wrote:

> Hi, there!
> 
> I'm new at this mailing list. I'm sorry if this question is a FAQ. I just
> tried installing IDE CD-ROM driver (I got from ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/
> FreeBSD/incoming/wcd11.tgz) into FreeBSD 2.0.5ALPHA but with no success. 
> >From the "dmesg", see below, I could see that at least the kernel recognized
> the CD-ROM drive. But, it showed that the controller (atapi1.0) were not
> ready so that I could not access the drive. 
> 
>        ...
>        wdc0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7 irq 14 on isa
>        wdc0: unit 0(wd0) : <WDC AC31600H>
>        wd0: 1549 MB (3173184 sectors), 3148 cyls, 16 heads, 63 S/T, 512 B/S
>        wdc0: unit 1(wd1) : <WDC AC31200F>
>        wd1: 1222 MB (2503872 sectors), 2484 cyls, 16 heads, 63 S/T, 512 B/S
>        wdc1 at 0x170-0x177 irq 15 on isa
>  ==>   wdc1: unit 0 (atapi) : <CD-ROM CDR-C3 G>, removable, intr
>  ==>   atapi1.0: controller not ready
>        ...

Did you try accessing the drive?  I had this problem and I could access 
the drive without any problems.

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Doug Rabson, Microsoft RenderMorphics Ltd.	Mail:  dfr@render.com
						Phone: +44 171 251 4411
						FAX:   +44 171 251 0939




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