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Date:      Sat, 1 Jan 2000 11:07:48 -0600 (CST)
From:      Gene Harris <zeus@tetronsoftware.com>
To:        Altair Demetrio Junior <du23@sprynet.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: CDROM
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.10.10001011103480.14841-100000@tetron02.tetronsoftware.com>
In-Reply-To: <386DB90B.92B54DD0@sprynet.com>

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On Sat, 1 Jan 2000, Altair Demetrio Junior wrote:

>  I have an ATAPI/IDE CDROM, but FreeBSD doesn't seem to detect it.
>  I have installed Linux and everything, but I can't install FreeBSD.
>  What could be wrong?

Which controller is the CDROM on for your machine connected
to?

Is your CDROM jumpered correctly for slave/master
operation?

FreeBSD is a little more picky about hardware
settings.  If your CDROM is located on the secondary
controller, and it is the only device, then you need to make
sure it is jumper as a master device.  (Many pc
manufacturers ship their machines with the CDROM jumpered as
a slave on the secondary controller, even if it is the only
device on the channel.)

Gene



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