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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.wildstar.net!serv.hinet.net!news.uoregon.edu!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.sprintlink.net!new-news.sprintlink.net!news.interserv.net!news1.sprynet.com!news From: Stephane Russell <sstef@sprynet.com> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: IDE CDRom woes :( Date: Fri, 03 May 1996 03:25:23 -0400 Organization: MSI Bureautique Inc. Lines: 27 Message-ID: <3189B4E3.41C67EA6@sprynet.com> References: <4m23md$cd0@snow.btinternet.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: ad11-076.compuserve.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.01 (X11; I; FreeBSD 2.1.0-RELEASE i386) Superuser wrote: > > Trying to install FreeBSD from CDROM on a Hitachi IDE drive. > The drive is fine in DOS but after booting BSD from floppy it refuses > to pick it up :( I've tried with both the normal and ATAPI kernels > and switched off checking for all other devices. No go. > Switched the CDROM from primary to secondary IDE interfaces with no luck > either. The HD (IDE) is fine though... > > Can anyone give me a suggestion of what to try? > > Christiaan The ATAPI driver seems to have problems to detect the cdrom after the seeking of the controller's disks. If you can, put your cdrom on a controller with no other hard disk on it and reconfigure your kernel like this: controller wdc1 at isa? port "IO_WD2" bio irq 15 vector wdintr #disk wd2 at wdc1 drive 0 #disk wd3 at wdc1 drive 1 options ATAPI #Enable ATAPI support for IDE bus device wcd0 #IDE CD-ROM This worked for me. Stef