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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!feed1.news.erols.com!news.bbnplanet.com!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!EU.net!sun4nl!charon.cvi.ns.nl!Utrecht.NL.net!news.iaf.nl!news.es.iaf.nl!yedi!wilko From: wilko@yedi.iaf.nl (Wilko Bulte) Subject: Re: IDE CDROM failure report. Organization: Private FreeBSD site - Arnhem, The Netherlands Message-ID: <E1wy1M.3pC@yedi.iaf.nl> References: <580k6b$fec@amd40.wecs.org> <nLhWoCA89UpyIwFp@vambo.demon.co.uk> Date: Wed, 4 Dec 1996 23:46:34 GMT Lines: 28 Glenn Davis <glenn@vambo.demon.co.uk> writes: >In article <580k6b$fec@amd40.wecs.org>, Duane Eddingfield ><duane@amd40.wecs.org> writes > [snip] >> >> Toshiba XM-5302TA ATAPI CDROM drive at wdc1 as the MASTER device. >> > [snip] >> The kernel probe finds wdc0 and its drive but times out on >>wdc1 with "wdc1 not found at 0x170f". >> >I could be wrong bit I'm having the same problems with WC 2.1.5 after >reviwing postings in this and anothe newsgroup from others with the same >problem & digging around in a few docs 'n' stuff I thing the CD rom in general: IDE CDROM support is a bit rough around the edges (to put it politely) for FreeBSD. There's a strong move to fix this right now. The fact that IDE CDROMs come in very different (read: buggy) incarnations and in addition the fact that most FreeBSDers stay away from IDE CDroms like the plague only complicates things. Wilko