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From: Alon Kama <alon@fox.cs.berkeley.edu>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: atapi cdrom support
Date: Sat, 01 Feb 1997 11:50:32 -0800
Organization: University of California, Berkeley
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> >tom@bu.edu says:
> >> Make sure it is configured as the MASTER drive.
> >> If it is the slave and no master on the 2nd controller you may have
> >> a problem.

> I'd have to agree with Tom; i have my ATAPI CDROM set as the master on
> my secondary IDE controller, and most people who've had problems with
> ATAPI CDROMs have had them as slaves.

>  Ron Echeverri         Best Internet Usenet Administration        rone@best.net

I concur.  I just solved the same problem a few minutes ago under this
config.

-Alon.                    alon@po.eecs.berkeley.edu
			  University of California, Berkeley
			  Electrical Engineering and Computer Science