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Date:      Mon, 28 Oct 1996 16:51:47 -0800 (PST)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
To:        wb2oyc@cyberenet.net
Cc:        Andrzej Popielewicz <ap1@poczta.com>, "'questions@freebsd.org'" <questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: cdrom
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSI.3.94.961028165117.1364A-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <XFMail.961028232918.wb2oyc@cyberenet.net>

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On Mon, 28 Oct 1996 wb2oyc@cyberenet.net wrote:

> >It does; FreeBSD is rather picky about where it expects it.  The 'hot
> >spot' is the slave drive on the primary controller.  Try putting the CDROm
> >there.

>    I've seen this recommendation many times on the list, and just wanted to
> let you know that I have my IDE CDROM on the secondary port, and it is the
> only device on that controller!  Works fine.  I'm using a DTC 2278E and the
> CD is a Mitsumi.  Am I just lucky enough to have a combination that works?

Yup.  It seems to be configuration-dependent on where the real 'hot-spot'
is.  You just have to experiment.

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major




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