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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mira.net.au!news.netspace.net.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.ysu.edu!news.radio.cz!newsbastard.radio.cz!news.radio.cz!CESspool!europa.clark.net!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!newsxfer3.itd.umich.edu!news1.best.com!idiom.com!not-for-mail From: jsi@idiom.com (Michael Craft) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: New FreeBSD user with problems Date: 5 Apr 1997 07:09:46 -0800 Organization: JSI Lines: 17 Message-ID: <5i5pvq$5ct@idiom.com> References: <5hn1o1$b4b@srv4-poa.nutecnet.com.br> <5ho851$koc@idiom.com> <Pine.BSF.3.95.970402102436.21303B-100000@ravi.lums.edu.pk> NNTP-Posting-Host: idiom.com Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:38477 > You need to recompile the kernel to get the IDE CD working. Remove the > comment of the ATAPI CD in the file /src/i386/conf/GENERIC. Then recompile > the kernel. THE CD should work-:-) Done but no dice. I've solved the problem with XCOPY onto a msdos partition, so I could move on and forget about it. > > > I'm a OS/2 user who wish to learn something about Unix, and so I bought > > > the 2.1.7 version of FreeBSD, and I installed it here, but I have some > > > questions, and ask for anyone's help. > > > > > > 1) I'm using a Creative 8x CD-ROM attached to my mother-board IDE (not > > > on SB). Is that possible to make it recognizable by the OS? > > > > I've got the same problem here; for some reason the IDE cdrom > > support was removed from the 2.1.7 and 2.2 distributions.