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From: j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: 2.1.5-RELEASE and ATAPI IDE CDROM
Date: 15 Mar 1997 22:40:29 GMT
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tllau@sol9 (Lau T L) wrote:

> I'm trying to install FreeBSD 2.1.5-RELEASE off the CD, but the kernel does 
> not seem to detect my IDE CD-ROM drive (Hitachi 7790, second IDE channel, 
> master).
> 
> Any ideas?

Don't use 2.1.5.  If you wanna use the ATAPI CD, install 2.2 (still
vaporware, but soon to be released).  If you are for stability and
bugfixes, chose 2.1.7 over 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. ;-)