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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!news.sprintlink.net!dfw.nkn.net!vortex.fastlane.net!rowdy.lonestar.org!nemesis!uhclem From: uhclem@nemesis.lonestar.org (Frank Durda IV) Subject: Re: How to install Panasonic 562-J? X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL5 Organization: The Big Blue Box Message-ID: <DF8EGn.2Bp@nemesis.lonestar.org> References: <43id9b$lvk@noc.tor.hookup.net> Date: Thu, 21 Sep 1995 01:21:59 GMT Lines: 40 [0]C.Y. Chiu (chiuc@volga.EECS.Berkeley.EDU) wrote: [0]I recently acquired a Panasonic 562-J cuz it was dirt cheap. I checked [0]to make sure that Panasonic 56x's are supported on FreeBSD, and I [0]compiled kernel with the following line: [0]controller matcd0 at isa? port ? bio [0]However, when I boot, it says: [0]matcd0: not found at 0xffffffff First, make sure the host interface is a GENUINE, Creative Labs board. If it is a clone card from any other maker, it probably doesn't work under FreeBSD 2.0.5. If it is a Media Vision, LaserMate, Diamond, IBM, or Reveal board, it falls into the NON-COMPATIBLE category. These board makers may have made their boards 100% Sound Blaster *AUDIO* compatible, but only a few are compatible on the Panasonic CD-ROM interface. But all is not lost. The latest driver, available via FTP from freebsd.cdrom.com, will work with these non-Creative Labs boards. You can also get the latest boot floppy from the latest SNAPshot release on freebsd.cdrom.com, boot from it and it will be able to install the rest of the system from the 2.0.5 CD. As to the question of location, be sure you tell the kernel where your CD-ROM interface is. The standard driver looks at the four places that Creative Labs uses (0x230, 0x240, 0x250 and 0x260), but if it is somewhere else, you need to tell the driver. (The above message that says it didn't find it at 0xffffff means it tried all four "known" locations and didn't find what it was looking for.) Simply boot the kernel with the -c option, then use the commands there to set the specific address that is correct for your board. That is much simpler than rebuilding the kernel. Frank Durda IV <uhclem@nemesis.lonestar.org>|"The Knights who say "LETNi" or uhclem%nemesis@fw.ast.com (Fastest Route)| demand... A SEGMENT REGISTER!!!" ...letni!rwsys!nemesis!uhclem |"A what?" ...decvax!fw.ast.com!nemesis!uhclem |"LETNi! LETNi! LETNi!" - 1983