Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2000 18:38:26 -0800 From: Robert@msia.org To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: NEC ATAPI CD-ROM giving incompatibility errors at Kernel load time (writing as instructed in The Complete FreeBSD, p. 100) Message-ID: <OF3BCB3DE3.F7C4CE5C-ON882568B2.004451B7@msianet.org>
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This is a multipart message in MIME format. --=_alternative 004505C9882568B2_= Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Dear FreeBSD: I am attempting to install FreeBSD 3.4 on a Dell Dimemsion XPS P133c to prove to my boss that even on what our company considers an outdated machine, a UN*X operating system will still be more robust, stable, and configurable than our current NT Servers. I need some help. The CD-ROM that comes with this Dell is made by NEC and isn't responding properly. I have tried rebuilding the kernel with various paramaters to no avail. Here is the load-time error (more or less -- it flashes by): wdc1 at 0x170-0x177 irq 15 on isa unit 0 ATAPI (NEC 273/4.21removable I/O ready) ATAPI1.0 unknown phase ... controller not ready for cmd controller not ready for cmd Then FreeBSD boots fine but I can't mount the drive. ANY help is greatly appreciated here .... I've been bragging about the wonders of FreeBSD (which *ran* the ISP I used to work for in Berkeley :-) and want to show it's stuff. Thanks, Robert Peake Robert@MSIA.org --=_alternative 004505C9882568B2_= Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" <br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Dear FreeBSD:<br> <br> I am attempting to install FreeBSD 3.4 on a Dell Dimemsion XPS P133c to prove to my boss that even on what our company considers an outdated machine, a UN*X operating system will still be more robust, stable, and configurable than our current NT Servers. I need some help. The CD-ROM that comes with this Dell is made by NEC and isn't responding properly. I have tried rebuilding the kernel with various paramaters to no avail.<br> <br> Here is the load-time error (more or less -- it flashes by):</font> <br> <br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">wdc1 at 0x170-0x177 irq 15 on isa</font> <br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">unit 0 ATAPI (NEC 273/4.21removable I/O ready)</font> <br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">ATAPI1.0 unknown phase</font> <br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">...</font> <br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">controller not ready for cmd</font> <br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">controller not ready for cmd</font> <br> <br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Then FreeBSD boots fine but I can't mount the drive.</font> <br> <br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">ANY help is greatly appreciated here .... I've been bragging about the wonders of FreeBSD (which *ran* the ISP I used to work for in Berkeley :-) and want to show it's stuff.</font> <br> <br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Thanks,<br> Robert Peake</font> <br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Robert@MSIA.org</font> --=_alternative 004505C9882568B2_=-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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