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Date:      Thu, 19 Aug 1999 11:28:09 -0400 (EDT)
From:      David Gilbert <dgilbert@velocet.ca>
To:        Markus Minihold <Markus.Minihold@telecom.at>
Cc:        freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   ATAPI CD not dedected
Message-ID:  <14268.8841.35378.369275@trooper.velocet.ca>
In-Reply-To: <37BBAF0F.46AB0E08@telecom.at>
References:  <37BBAF0F.46AB0E08@telecom.at>

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>>>>> "Markus" == Markus Minihold <Markus.Minihold@telecom.at> writes:

Markus> I've problems installing FreeBSD 3.2 on a computer using only
Markus> IDE drives. I've one harddisk and one cdrom.

Markus> The HD is the primary device on first IDE controller, the
Markus> ATAPI-CD is the primary device on secondary IDE
Markus> controller. During bootup, the HD is dedected but the CD
Markus> isn't. The second IDE controller is probed for a longer time
Markus> but no device is dedected. Therefore the installation process
Markus> fails.

Markus> Could someone please give me some hints to fix this problem.

Does the BIOS detect it?  I have had several problems with various
motherboard where the BIOS would not detect a primary IDE CDROM (but
would detect a secondary).  Contrary to common sense, you can have a
secondary without a primary --- and this often works for those BIOSs.

Dave.

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