Date: Sun, 9 Mar 1997 09:33:24 -0800 (PST) From: "Guy F. Boyd" <rsw@crl.com> To: questions@FreeBSD.org Cc: ldb@software.vta.com, gja@ansley.com Subject: atapi conflict in manuals Message-ID: <Pine.SUN.3.91.970309091258.558A-100000@crl.crl.com>
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A brief question: In the publication " Installing And Running FreeBSD by Greg Lehey, ISBN 1-5716-139--x Installation Concepts: Page 26: "In order to install from an ATAPI CD-ROM, The drive must be jumpered as a slave device." On the Walnut Creek Distribution 2.1 CD, the text file "/floppies/readme.text": "If you're using an IDE CDROM, try atapi.flp instead of boot.flp. This contains an ALPHA QUALITY ATAPI driver that may or may not work for you. Also make sure that your CDROM is jumpered as a "master" device, rather than the "slave" device that many come configured as." The alpha quality issues and caveats of the atapi driver are noted. I am , however, confused on the apparent conflict of the master/ slave jumpering . Which should it be? Currently , the CD ROM is ( apparently) configured as master, answering to the probe by the boot floppy at wdc0, and apparently happy. I would like to be a bit surer that this really means "no problem" before I install, given the above conflict. Response is appreciated. Guy F. Boyd rsw@crl.com
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