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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!nntp.coast.net!howland.reston.ans.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!uuneo.neosoft.com!mypc From: conrads@neosoft.com (Conrad Sabatier) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: ATAPI CD problems Date: Thu, 20 Jun 96 22:55:44 GMT Organization: What? Me, organize? Lines: 37 Message-ID: <4qcktg$2ds_016@mypc.neosoft.com> References: <31C83F60.41C67EA6@microware.com> <31c85f89.1411820@news.winternet.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: 206.27.165.186 X-Newsreader: News Xpress 2.0 Beta #1 In article <31c85f89.1411820@news.winternet.com>, srose@winternet.com (Steve Rose) wrote: >Richard Flinn <richardf@microware.com> wrote: > >>Is it possible to use my ATAPI cdrom configures as the master on the >>second controller? I installed a minimal system from a DOS partition and >>then re-compiled a kernel with wcd0 support, but it doesnt detect on >>startup (although wdc1 is detected). >>Thanks in advance. >>-- > >This is an excerpt from my kernel config, which is working fine for 2 >ATAPI CD's on the primary and secondary controllers. (I have SCSI hard >disks) > > >controller wdc0 at isa? port "IO_WD1" bio irq 14 vector wdintr >#disk wd0 at wdc0 drive 0 >#disk wd1 at wdc0 drive 1 > >controller wdc1 at isa? port "IO_WD2" bio irq 15 vector wdintr >#disk wd2 at wdc1 drive 0 >#disk wd3 at wdc1 drive 1 > ># enabled support for ATAPI CD-ROM's on controller 0 and 1 >options ATAPI #Enable ATAPI support for IDE bus >device wcd0 #IDE CD-ROM >device wcd1 #IDE CD-ROM Hmmm, that's interesting. I have a generic dual-port EIDE controller, hard drive on port 1, CD on port 2, both master. I left the first disk on each port enabled in my config (wd0 and wd2), with the ATAPI and wcd0 lines enabled as well, of course. Works fine for me. -- Conrad Sabatier -- http://www.neosoft.com/~conrads/