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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!swidir.switch.ch!newsfeed.ACO.net!Austria.EU.net!EU.net!news.sprintlink.net!uunet!in1.uu.net!bcstec!ajs6143 From: ajs6143@bcstec.ca.boeing.com (Andy Stefancik) Subject: Re: Is there a trick to getting a Mitsumi CDROM recognized Message-ID: <DBz6F5.F00@bcstec.ca.boeing.com> Organization: The Boeing Company References: <3uhlrc$al2@sphinx.Gsu.EDU> Date: Wed, 19 Jul 1995 18:09:04 GMT Lines: 16 In article <3uhlrc$al2@sphinx.Gsu.EDU>, Elizabeth Strickler <matess@ubu.cs.gsu.edu> wrote: >I am trying to install BSDi on a 486 that is not SCSI and has a Mitsumi >CD-ROM drive. When the machine boots off of the floppies, it does not >recognize the CD-ROM. I look at the probe and it doesn't seem to see >anything but the hard drive. Is there a trick to installing with a >Mitsumi drive? Any pointers would be appreciated. I have the old 8-bit Mitsumi drive, and on 2.0 have intermitant problems, like most of the time I have to have the pulled out while booting. This may not be the problem with yours though. you have to have it at the correct IRQ and address. Andy S.