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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!spool.mu.edu!newspump.sol.net!www.nntp.primenet.com!nntp.primenet.com!hunter.premier.net!news.mathworks.com!EU.net!usenet2.news.uk.psi.net!uknet!usenet1.news.uk.psi.net!uknet!dispatch.news.demon.net!demon!awfulhak.demon.co.uk!awfulhak.demon.co.uk!awfulhak.demon.co.uk!not-for-mail From: brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk (Brian Somers) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Support for toshiba CD rom? Date: 30 Sep 1996 18:49:30 +0100 Organization: Coverform Ltd. Lines: 28 Message-ID: <52p17a$13k@anorak.coverform.lan> References: <843775992.12909.0@tirnanog.demon.co.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: localhost.coverform.lan X-NNTP-Posting-Host: awfulhak.demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Ian J Greely (IanG@tirnanog.demon.co.uk) wrote: : Hi, : I've just installed FREEBSD 2.1.5 on my machine. : I couldn't get the CD Rom recognised by the install prog so I : installed from a Dos partition expecting to enable the atapi support : once I was up and running. : Now I've compiled a Kernel with the support enabled but it doesn't : seem to be picking up my CD ROm... a Toshiba 8X IDE. : I've started up with the - c option and cant see a CDROM device in the : list of storage devices. Does this mean I've not compiled the kernel : correctly or does the device not appear if it isn't recognised during : the boot? : If the latter is true is there a newer version of the atapi support : that will allow me to see my cdrom? : Any ideas? Have you got your CDROM as a slave on your secondary controller ? -- Brian <brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk> Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....