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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!spool.mu.edu!sgigate.sgi.com!enews.sgi.com!decwrl!news.PBI.net!news.mathworks.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.sesqui.net!rice!long-eared.owlnet.rice.edu!cobbe From: cobbe@rice.edu (Richard Cobbe) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Problems with install from SB CDROM Date: 9 Jul 1996 15:43:51 GMT Organization: Rice University Lines: 42 Message-ID: <4rtunn$3i5@larry.rice.edu> Reply-To: cobbe@rice.edu NNTP-Posting-Host: long-eared.owlnet.rice.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Hello, all: I'm trying to install FreeBSD 2.1.0-RELEASE from the Walnut Creek CDROM (Jan 96). I've got a Creative Labs Blaster 2X CD-ROM, which I *think* is supported by BSD. I've done the whole bit with boot.flp, booted off the install floppy, and (to check to ensure that I can see the CDROM) went to Custom, then Media, then CDROM. I always get an error to the effect that the CDROM is not visible (I can't remember the exact message; I'm at work now). (I've had the BSD install CD in the drive from the start.) I also tried giving "-c" at the boot prompt; I removed the support for all devices that I don't have, and set the address for the Panasonic/Matsushita CDROM drive to 0x220 (and later tried again with address 0x230), and continued on. Same error with both addresses. From the messages that are printed on boot, it appears that the kernel can find the drive, but the messages don't stay around long enough to tell if there's an error at that stage or not. (Is there any way to get those messages to stick around longer, like dmesg or something?) The CDROM drive is hooked up to a SoundBlaster Pro, whose I/O address is 0x220 (the default); I don't remember what the IRQ/DMA info is, but I'm pretty sure I've left all those settings at factory default. The CDROM drive is perfectly visible under both Win95 and Linux 1.2.13. FWIW, to get it to work under Linux, I compile support for Panasonic/Matsushita into the kernel and give it address 0x230. When I boot, though, the kernel's startup messages identify the drive as a CD200. I gather from the comments in the Linux kernel source that this is not *exactly* the same as a Panasonic/Matsushita drive. What can I do to get the install floppy to see my CD-ROM drive? If I can't get the installer to see it, I can still install via FTP, but does it sound like I'll be able to get a custom kernel to see it once I've got a working system? Thanks in advance for your help, Richard