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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!nntp.coast.net!zombie.ncsc.mil!news.mathworks.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!news-feed-1.peachnet.edu!paperboy.wellfleet.com!news3.near.net!shore!news From: mikeb@avptax.com (Mike Brunton) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Help with FreeBSD and IDE CDROM Drive Date: 19 Dec 1995 19:58:30 GMT Organization: AVP Systems Lines: 21 Message-ID: <4b75h7$r9j@shore.shore.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: 204.96.49.117 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=US-ASCII X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.7 I know this is probably a very obvious question, but here goes anyways... I have an HP Pavilion 7050 PC (Pentium-100 w/40MB RAM and 1.2GB EIDE HDD). It also has an IDE CD-ROM Drive. It seems like a generic one but it's apparently not a Mitsumi or Panasonic or Sony. Probably HP's generic one. The thing is that the BOIS directly supports the HDD, you don't need to load any drivers or anything! I would like to get this working under FreeBSd but so far, I haven't been able to. I don't see support in the generic kernel and I was wondering if there is a way to recompile the kernel with support for this. Or perhaps I can mount this as another hard drive since it is BIOS supported??? The HP also has a sound card (SB compatible) built into the motherboard. Can I add-in Soundblaster support even though it is not a true SB? Thanks for any and all help, folks.. Mike