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From: tom@TOMQNX.tomqnx.com (Tom Torrance at home)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: CD-ROM/Device not configured
Date: 11 Jul 1996 01:49:55 GMT
Organization: Comnet Communications
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Do sh MAKEDEV wd0 in /dev

This will create wcd0a and wcd0c. Usually use wcd0c.

J Wunsch (j@uriah.heep.sax.de) wrote:
: Do Androids Dream of Electronic Sheep <ltaylor@nwlink.com> wrote:

: > System: FreeBSD 2.1.release
: > IDE CD-ROM drive

: > Whenever I try to access the CD drive, I get "Device not configured";
: > what am I doing wrong?

: 2.1R has known problems with IDE CD-ROM drives.  Upgrade, either to
: one of the 2.2-SNAPs if you don't mind running experimental code, or
: await the RSN release of 2.1.5.

: -- 
: cheers, J"org

: joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE
: Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)


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