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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!bunyip.cc.uq.oz.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!paladin.american.edu!gatech!newsfeed.internetmci.com!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!saluki-news.wham.siu.edu!slip106.termserv.siu.edu From: jimd@slip106.termserv.siu.edu (Jim Dutton) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: IDE CD-ROM works ? (Re: Gateway-2000's) Date: Mon, 19 Feb 1996 02:37:30 CST Organization: Southern Illinois University Lines: 12 Sender: NNTP@slip106.termserv.siu.edu Message-ID: <221ba367.4d502@slip106.termserv.siu.edu> Reply-To: jimd@slip106.termserv.siu.edu NNTP-Posting-Host: slip106.termserv.siu.edu Comment: AmigaNOS v2.9p In-Reply-To: <3127E901.2FAA@millcomm.com> (from John Nistler <nistler@millcomm.com>) (at Sun, 18 Feb 1996 21:05:37 -0600) X-Mailer: //\\miga Electronic Mail (AmiElm 6.24) Hi John, on Feb 18 you wrote: > > : I am having problems installing FreeBSD on a Gateway-2000 machine. Has anyone > > : else been able to successfully install FreeBSD on such a beast ? > yes, but to get the ide cdrom to work, I had to move it from the > second ide controller to the first controller. Change the hard disk to > be master and the cdrom drive to be slave. Even though there is no stated IDE support, you have managed to get your IDE CD-ROM to WORK ???