Date: Mon, 19 Jan 1998 15:10:41 -0500 From: Matthew Hagerty <wpub1@net-link.net> To: dbsmall@ttl.pactel.com Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD 2.2.2 Install, ATAPI CDROM, EIDE HD Message-ID: <3.0.3.32.19980119151041.00719294@smtp.net-link.net> In-Reply-To: <35EF0B8572DACF11B5BA080009CB86B840E8A2@exchange.ttl.pactel .com>
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At 10:50 AM 1/19/98 -0800, you wrote: >I'm making progress installing FreeBSD. > >I've found that, even when using the atapi floppy installation method, I >can't install from my Toshiba ATAPI CDROM...it locks up (after it >identifies my cdrom as wd1, which is incorrect, anyway) > >If I using the install/reconfiguration utility, I can remove wd1 from >the available storage devices, and the install goes a little further >(going to the menu-driven utility). > >But then it can't find the CDROM. > >I tried telling the kernel config that my CDROM has the same parameters >(I/O, IRQ, etc.) as wd1, and removing wd1. It still can't see my CDROM >drive. > >Perhaps my drive is not supported. (If that's the case, I'll have to >install from an existing partition, I guess...) > >How can I find out if my drive is supported >(and if FreeBSD 2.2.2 now supports EIDE drives beyond sector 1024) > >-David > >--------------------------------------- >David B. Small >Telesis Technologies Laboratory >http://www.ttl.pactel.com/~dbsmall > > > David, Why are you installing 2.2.2? You should install the latest 2.2.5 if possible. Also, it looks like you CDROM is the slave device on your second IDE controller (WD1). When I installed 2.2.2, it could not find my CDROM on the secondary controller. When I moved it to the primary controller FreeBSD found it. Put you CDROM on the primary controller as the slave. I keep my CDROMs on the primary controller and have had no problems with *many* types of drives. Matthew
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