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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