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From: nvp@shore.net (Nathan V. Patwardhan)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: 2.1.5-RELEASE and ATAPI IDE CDROM
Date: 16 Mar 1997 15:46:41 GMT
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J Wunsch (j@uriah.heep.sax.de) wrote:
: > I'm trying to install FreeBSD 2.1.5-RELEASE off the CD, but the kernel
[snip]
: 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.
[snip]
As "J" said, 2.2 will be better, but if you're "stuck" using 2.1.5, I'd
offer the following:
(1) When you _first_ booted the system BEFORE you partitioned or installed
FreeBSD, did the "dmesg" announce that your CD-ROM was found? If so,
reboot in this mode, and write down the information.
(2) Have you re-compiled your kernel, or compiled a special kernel? If your
CD-ROM was detected when booting up under #1, check the GENERIC file
which contains the lines, like:
controller wdc0 at isa? port "IO_WD1" bio irq 14 vector wdintr
disk wd0 at wdc0 drive 0
disk wd1 at wdc0 drive 1
options ATAPI #Enable ATAPI support for IDE bus
device wcd0 #IDE CD-ROM
Use the lines shown above!
--
Nathan V. Patwardhan
nvp@shore.net