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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!yeshua.marcam.com!usc!sdd.hp.com!portal.com!yan From: yan@shell.portal.com (Yongxin - Yan) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Subject: Re: SCSI CDROM doesn't work! Help Please Date: 2 Jun 1994 09:07:15 GMT Organization: Portal Communications Company Lines: 34 Message-ID: <2sk7g3$90j@news1.svc.portal.com> References: <2shl0o$t3a@news1.svc.portal.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: jobe.shell.portal.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] This is follow-up to my own message: There was a problem with the CDROM reader. I have had it replaced and the new one works fine. Thanks for your attentions! Yan Yongxin - Yan (yan@shell.portal.com) wrote: : I just bought a NEC SCSI CDROM but it doesn't work with FreeBSD 1.1! : The SCSI controller I'm using is Adaptec 1542CF. I have a 1.08GB SCSI : HD on which I installed FreeBSD 1.1. FreeBSD 1.1 boots and works OK. : FreeBSD detects the CDROM while booting. But it displays the following : messages: (host adapter ID:7, SCSI HD ID:0, CDROM ID:4) : cd0:(aha0:4:0) not ready : cd0: could not get size : cd0: drive empty : If I try to mount a CDROM disk from /dev/cd0a, I get 'device not configured' : message. : The CDROM can be configured as SCSI-I or SCSI II. I tried both of them but : got the same result. I set the CDROM ID to other numbers and still no difference. : Any help is appreciated! : Yan