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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.mel.connect.com.au!news.mel.aone.net.au!news.netspace.net.au!news.mira.net.au!pumpkin.pangea.ca!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!disgorge.news.demon.net!demon!dispatch.news.demon.net!demon!simple.demon.co.uk!not-for-mail From: Mark S Jones <Mark.Jones@simple.demon.co.uk> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: FreeBSD 2.2.1 and CD-ROM connected via Soundblaster IDE i/f Date: Wed, 04 Jun 1997 08:23:02 +0100 Message-ID: <339517D6.41C67EA6@simple.demon.co.uk> References: <33901B5A.41C67EA6@simple.demon.co.uk> <33929968.26E0@ix.netcom.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: simple.demon.co.uk X-NNTP-Posting-Host: simple.demon.co.uk [158.152.238.18] X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.01 (X11; I; FreeBSD 2.1.0-RELEASE i386) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: dt <to1tech@ix.netcom.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Lines: 46 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:42304 dt wrote: > > Mark S Jones wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > I'm trying to get 2.2.1 to install from a Goldstar 8x CD-ROM drive > > which is connected via the IDE interface on a Creative Labs Soundblaster > > AWE 32 card...with very little success. > > > > I've previously run FreeBSD 2.1.0, but was never able to get the o/s > > to see the drive connected in this manner either... > > > > Is this possible ? Or am I just going to have to put the CD drive on > > one of my motherboard's (already full) IDE interfaces ? > > > > Please mail me at : Mark.Jones@simple.demon.co.uk > > > > Thanks in advance. > > > > Mark. > > MARK, > CD-ROM drives are devices, in dos or unix. You can add a connector to > your ide cable, along with your drive(s), or set the irq on the sound > card to one that BSD recognizes ie. 10. The ide cable connector is the > fastest way. It does not interfere with your drive(s). > dt I was probably unclear with my original question. My question is essentially, can FreeBSD (2.1.0 or 2.2.1) support 5 IDE devices - 2 hard drives on the motherboard's primary IDE interface, 2 hard drives on the secondary IDE interface and an ATAPI CDROM drive on a Creative Labs Soundblaster IDE interface ? In 2.1.0, I've tried to define a wdc2 controller, using a multitude of different options - no success. Is this possible/the right idea ? Has anyone managed to access a CDROM drive connected via Soundblaster ? If so, could you mail me the relevent lines from your kernel configuration file ? Thanks, Mark