Date: Sat, 5 Jun 1999 18:24:19 +0100 From: "Steve Howe" <steve.howe@lhowe.freeserve.co.uk> To: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Ex-buffoon seeks ATAPI CDROM advice Message-ID: <001301beaf78$4f666700$67b4883e@default>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] Hi, first thanks to Oscar, Mark, Chris, Woody & Doug for the useful advice last time I mailed this group. I eventually successfully installed FreeBSD from a DOS (spit) partition. I am now able to do some unixy things. Hoorah! But now I want to get my hands on the ports residing on the CDROMs. I am still having trouble getting the kernel to recognise my CDROM though. As Doug pointed out last time round an ATAPI IDE CDROM, while not supported in the novice installation, is referenced in the GENERIC kernel. So in the MYKERNEL version (which I have now succesfully built and installed 6 times!) I have uncommented-out the: options ATAPI options ATAPI_STATIC device wcd0 entries, while leaving, as advised on the web site, the controller wdc1 disk wd2 disk wd3 options which actually point at the relevant controller. At boot-up time however the kernel seems to make no attempt to resolve the wcd0 device I've told it to in MYKERNEL, and consequently I am not able to mount it after I've logged in. I had a search round the website and found one link which seemed to suggest that the ATAPI interface was experimental and should be regarded as alpha. So is this a problem in 2.2.8? Most advice gratefully received, thanks, Steve Howe Harpenden England (0 Sweden 0) [-- Attachment #2 --] <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content="text/html; charset=windows-1252" http-equiv=Content-Type> <META content="MSHTML 5.00.2314.1000" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV>Hi,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> first thanks to Oscar, Mark, Chris, Woody & Doug for the </DIV> <DIV>useful advice last time I mailed this group. I eventually</DIV> <DIV>successfully installed FreeBSD from a DOS (spit) partition.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> I am now able to do some unixy things. Hoorah! </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> But now I want to get my hands on the ports residing on the </DIV> <DIV>CDROMs.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> I am still having trouble getting the kernel to recognise </DIV> <DIV>my CDROM though. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> As Doug pointed out last time round an ATAPI IDE CDROM, </DIV> <DIV>while not supported in the novice installation,</DIV> <DIV>is referenced in the GENERIC kernel.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> So in the MYKERNEL version (which I have now succesfully </DIV> <DIV>built and installed 6 times!) I have uncommented-out the:</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> options ATAPI</DIV> <DIV> options ATAPI_STATIC</DIV> <DIV> device wcd0</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>entries, while leaving, as advised on the web site, the </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> controller wdc1</DIV> <DIV> disk wd2</DIV> <DIV> disk wd3</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>options which actually point at the relevant controller.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>At boot-up time however the kernel seems to make no attempt </DIV> <DIV>to resolve the wcd0 device I've told it to in MYKERNEL, and </DIV> <DIV>consequently I am not able to mount it after I've logged in.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I had a search round the website and found one link which seemed</DIV> <DIV>to suggest that the ATAPI interface was experimental and should be </DIV> <DIV>regarded as alpha. So is this a problem in 2.2.8?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Most advice gratefully received,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>thanks,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Steve Howe</DIV> <DIV>Harpenden</DIV> <DIV>England (0 Sweden 0)</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV></BODY></HTML>
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