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Date:      Mon, 16 Aug 1999 11:42:02 -0600
From:      Charles Randall <crandall@matchlogic.com>
To:        freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   illegal ATAPI command in wdc probe?
Message-ID:  <64003B21ECCAD11185C500805F31EC0303786CCD@houston.matchlogic.com>

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The VMWare guest OS page for FreeBSD
(http://www.vmware.com/support/technotesfreebsd.html) states,

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One caveat with all versions of FreeBSD is that there is a problem probing
for the CD-ROM device wdc1; FreeBSD sends an illegal ATAPI command to the
IDE controller and ignores the error status reply. This results in
approximately a 1 minute delay each time the system boots.
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Is this true?

Charles



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