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From: Ken Bigelow <kbigelow@www.play-hookey.com>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: CD ROM Not configured
Date: Fri, 14 Jun 1996 17:45:01 -0700
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rgonzale@mli-vtg.com wrote:
> 
> I've just recently installed FreeBSD ver 2.1. I am new to this OS so please
> bare with me. I have a question about making the CD-ROM work. I have completed
> the installation with the CD-ROM installation (typed inst_ide.bat), but when
> the installation was completed and the machine(intel P90 w/ 16meg RAM)
> rebooted. I could not get the CD ROM(Sanyo) to mount. I tried the mount /cdrom
> command, but I get an error CD ROM Not configured. How do I get the CD ROM
> configured? I know the CD ROM is compatable with the system, because I used it
> to install the software. The installation used a device called wcd0c, But I
> can't get it to mount within the system. I've tried "mount /dev/wcd0c /cdrom",
> "mount /cdrom". Nothing! Any help would be very appreciative.
> 

You missed an item or two in the docs. You need to recompile the kernel after 
enabling the ATAPI option and its companion wdc0 driver. Go to directory 
/usr/src/sys/i386/conf and copy the file GENERIC to some other appropriate name 
for your machine, and edit the copied file. Full directions and explanations are 
given in the handbook. You can ust the opportunity to comment out a bunch of 
devices you don't use, to shrink down the resulting kernel.

There have also been some recent posts about cdroms in this group.

I hope this helps!

Ken