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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!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!spool.mu.edu!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!news.mathworks.com!news.kei.com!nntp.coast.net!news.sprintlink.net!dfw.nkn.net!rowdy.lonestar.org!nemesis!uhclem From: uhclem@nemesis.lonestar.org (Frank Durda IV) Subject: Re: wc 2.1 install IDE CDROM install problems X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL5 Organization: The Big Blue Box Message-ID: <DKDntF.KHI@nemesis.lonestar.org> References: <4c0uja$3hj@homer.alpha.net> Date: Sat, 30 Dec 1995 02:20:03 GMT Lines: 54 Matto (molson@milwaukee.rbvdnr.com) wrote: [1]I finally got mine to work last night! The problem I was having was that [1]the boot floppy(and the generic kernel) set the I/O address for the [1]IDE CDROM to something like 0x330. Thanks to Windows 95(the only thing [1]about it I've been thankful for), I could print out my entire hardware [1]configuration and found that my CDROM was at I/O 0x630. I changed this [1]using config on booting the ATAPI floppy and the install went great. [1]Then I used config on the generic kernel and it found it just the same. [1]The only thing left to do was mount it. [1] [1]In CONFIG(to set address): [1]config>port matcdc0 0x630 //or whatever your I/O address for IDE CDROM [1]config>quit Uh, matcdc is NOT for IDE drives. Matcd is for Panasonic CR-562 and CR-563, which are proprietary interface CD-ROM drives. These are NOT IDE drives. Look at the connector on your sound card or whatever and it should say "Panasonic/Creative" on the connector, not "IDE". If matcd detected the drive(s), then they are not IDE CD-ROM drives. You could have avoided using Windows '95 and used the information in the FreeBSD installation FAQ that says if you are having trouble getting the CR-562 or CR-563 drive detected, that you should try setting config> port matcdc0 -1 which would allow the matcd driver to look for the hardware at several locations, including 0x630. This automatic search was turned off by default in FreeBSD 2.1 because people complained that it could cause other peripherals like network cards to be put in an "unknown" state and then they would not work. (Probably these network drivers need to be fixed so that they survive earlier probing, but that religous discussion needs to be held elsewhere.) [1]In FreeBSD(to mount it): [1]#/sbin/mount_cd9660 /dev/matcd0a /cdrom mount -t cd9660 /dev/matcd0a /mount-point-of-your-choice including "cdrom" will also work and is the recommended method. If you want the drive door to be locked, use /dev/matcd0la instead of matcd0a. The door will remain locked as long as the device is open. See the man page "man 4 matcd" for more information on the matcd driver. 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