Date: Thu, 11 May 2000 21:49:24 +0100 From: Mark Ovens <mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org> To: "y.pyjo yun" <pyjo@yahoo.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: atapi cd rom compatibility Message-ID: <20000511214924.B1522@parish> In-Reply-To: <20000511204155.21047.qmail@web109.yahoomail.com>; from pyjo@yahoo.com on Thu, May 11, 2000 at 01:41:55PM -0700 References: <20000511204155.21047.qmail@web109.yahoomail.com>
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On Thu, May 11, 2000 at 01:41:55PM -0700, y.pyjo yun wrote: > Hi. > I recently install the freebsd 2.2 release in my > office > (ridjal computers co) > I intended to recommend it to my customers but a > little > problem arises........ > the atapi cd rom can't be recognised (after searching > in your website, it says that some/almost atapi's > can't be recognised; including acer oem, teradrive, > BTC, and many other cdrom companies ) > It can boot with cdrom (the installation part) but > when it want to start to copy file, the unrecognised > cdroms prompts ......... > Can you please help.. almost all my customer use > atapi's (its cheapier and easier to get) > Thanks. Well, 2.2 is a *very* old version of FreeBSD, and in those days ATAPI detection was somewhat poor. Can you u/g to 3.4? ATAPI support is *greatly* improved (only a few el cheapo CDs now seem to be a problem). > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Send instant messages & get email alerts with Yahoo! Messenger. > http://im.yahoo.com/ > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- ...and on the eighth day God created UNIX ________________________________________________________________ FreeBSD - The Power To Serve http://www.freebsd.org My Webpage http://ukug.uk.freebsd.org/~mark/ mailto:mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org http://www.radan.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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