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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!lynx.aba.net.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.mel.connect.com.au!news.mira.net.au!news.vbc.net!alpha.sky.net!news.sprintlink.net!news-chi-13.sprintlink.net!newsreader.sprintlink.net!news.sprintlink.net!news-stk-3.sprintlink.net!news.sprintlink.net!news-fw-22.sprintlink.net!tezcat!cam-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.mathworks.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!newsxfer2.itd.umich.edu!portc01.blue.aol.com!newstf01.news.aol.com!newsbf02 news.aol.com!not-for-mail From: halsusan1@aol.com (Hal Susan1) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Problems with ATAPI-CDROM and FreeBSD Date: 2 Sep 1996 10:22:22 -0400 Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) Lines: 32 Sender: root@newsbf02.news.aol.com Message-ID: <50eqiu$n3n@newsbf02.news.aol.com> References: <4veq9l$g1m@charm.il.ft.hse.nl> NNTP-Posting-Host: newsbf02.mail.aol.com X-Newsreader: AOL Offline Reader In article <4veq9l$g1m@charm.il.ft.hse.nl>, edwinm@il.ft.hse.nl (Edwin Mons) writes: >I have a problem running FreeBSD. Ever since I added a Sony CDU-55E ATAPI >CD-ROM drive to my computer (a 386dx40, 8Mb RAM, 250 Mb HD) it crashes >in two or three minutes. My BSD-HD was fucked up, so I had to install >it again, but I can't get past the installation. > >The (secondary) IDE-controller I use is Mitsumi-made (esp. made for >secondary IDE). FreeBSD, however, fails to recognize my CD-drive. > > First off, check to see if you have jumpers on both the harddrive and cdrom drive that are incorrectly set. Make sure that you have the harddrive set up as a master with a slave. Some drives come with a jumper for single or master, master with slave (as the one in my pentium), a slave jumper, and a cable select jumper. Depending on the manufacturer and how they feel at the time of manufacture, you could have any number of combinations... that will interfere with the cdrom ever being seen. Next, check to make sure the cdrom is setup as a slave (if drive 2 on primary ide) or as master on your secondary ide. If you want, try putting on cable select on the cdrom as well... sometimes the computer likes to be the one in charge. <G> Double check all that, then make sure you aren't telling the bios anything about the cdrom, since it technically isn't a drive.. Good luck! Susan