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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!news.unimelb.EDU.AU!munnari.OZ.AU!news.uwa.edu.au!disco.iinet.net.au!news.uoregon.edu!arclight.uoregon.edu!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!bofh.dot!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!usenet1.news.uk.psi.net!uknet!EU.net!Norway.EU.net!nntp.uio.no!solace!umdac!newsfeed.sunet.se!news01.sunet.se!sunic!news99.sunet.se!news.uni-c.dk!diku.dk!phantom From: phantom@diku.dk (Haktan Bulut) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: 2.1 not recognizing CDROM Date: 30 May 1996 09:28:24 GMT Organization: Department of Computer Science, U of Copenhagen Lines: 41 Sender: phantom@vidar.diku.dk Message-ID: <4ojpno$hgo@vidar.diku.dk> References: <4of24j$i18@tbsnames.turner.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: vidar.diku.dk X-Newsreader: NN version 6.5.0 #13 Frederick Haab <fred.haab@turner.com> writes: >I have the W.C. CDROM of version 2.1. I am having problems having the >boot disk (first step in installation) recognizing the IDE CDROM drive, >a Creative Labs 4X. >Other info: I have an SB32 pnp, but the CDROM is on it's own card, the >one that comes with the drive. It's also configured to be slave. The >settings are adjustable...I can choose which IRQ and port, etc. so if >there is a boot image that will recognize it, or if there are generally >accepted settings for exactly which drive, etc. the cdrom should be >I'd appreciate hearing about it. Well, I also had some problems with my IDE CDROM being recognized. Here is how I solved it. I first installed FreeBSD - the kernel developer stuff - from a DOS-partition. Then I recompiled the kernel, so it exactly had the same configuration as my hardware. If you only have a IDE CDROM, and no IDE harddisk, then you should comment out the wd0 and wd1 devices in the kernel-configuration file. For example controller wd (something like that, can't remember it exactly)/ #device wd0 at isa? #device wd1 at isa? If you have an IDE-harddisk as master and the CDROM as slave, then you should only comment out 'wd1' (wd0 = master, wd1 = slave). Well this worked for me... Of course you have to have an free DOS partition in the first place. Don't forget to uncomment the 'option ATAPI' stuff in the config-file. I don't know how hard it is to make a new boot.flp with your configuration, but I guess that one have make a whole new release to do that (make release! *GRASP*). Haktan Bulut - phantom@diku.dk -- Haktan Bulut - phantom@diku.dk