Return to BSD News archive
Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!nntp.coast.net!news-res.gsl.net!news.gsl.net!news.mathworks.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!uuneo.neosoft.com!mypc From: conrads@neosoft.com (Conrad Sabatier) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: IDE CD-ROM configured as master -- what to do? Date: Tue, 18 Jun 96 15:10:01 GMT Organization: What? Me, organize? Lines: 36 Message-ID: <4q6gs9$31o_014@mypc.neosoft.com> References: <4puf0f$240_010@mypc.neosoft.com> <31C6B88E.3423@www.play-hookey.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: 206.27.165.132 X-Newsreader: News Xpress 2.0 Beta #1 In article <31C6B88E.3423@www.play-hookey.com>, Ken Bigelow <kbigelow@www.play-hookey.com> wrote: >Conrad Sabatier wrote: >> >> Trying to install FreeBSD 2.1 from the Walnut Creek CD-ROM, but not getting >> anywhere with it. My CD-ROM is not one of the recognized types (it's an >> ACER CD-747e/HAS, IDE, master). Tried the IDE installation, it scans my >> CD-ROM as a second wd device and then hangs right at the point where the >> installer should be coming up. >> >> Called HP to see how I might change my CD-ROM configuration to slave instead >> of master. No luck. >> >> Any ideas, anyone (other than replacing the drive)? >> > >Did you connect this master drive to the secondary IDE port (wdc1, 0x170, IRQ > 15)? > >Two masters won't run together on one cable; they have to operate independently > on >two different ports. Also, if you have a net card using IRQ 15, you'll have to >reconfigure that -- the secondary IDE port is a bit harder to change :-) Yes, the hard drive and CD are on separate ports, both masters. I *think* all I really had to do was remake the wcd0 device (of course, I'll never know now, having already done a kernel rebuild, too). kernel.IDE was detecting both IDE ports, but not configuring this device. Turns out it wasn't necessary to change it to a slave at all (thank goodness!). Conrad, a happy FreeBSD camper now :-) -- Conrad Sabatier -- http://www.neosoft.com/~conrads/