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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
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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