Date: Tue, 17 Mar 1998 10:35:23 -0600 (CST) From: "Paul T. Root" <proot@horton.iaces.com> To: mistwolf@ds9.lesn.lehigh.edu (Jamie Norwood) Cc: kevin.choi@cnes.fr, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: How can I make my IDE CD-ROM work ? Message-ID: <199803171635.KAA13174@horton.iaces.com> In-Reply-To: <199803171506.KAA28644@ds9.lesn.lehigh.edu> from Jamie Norwood at "Mar 17, 98 07:06:38 am"
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In a previous message, Jamie Norwood said: > > > > Hello there, > > I have a FreeBSD v2.1 bought from Walnut Creek CDROM. > > I installed this on my machine which has a Goldstar IDE type CD-ROM. > > Well, > > The curious thing is that I am capable to detect the CDROM > > from the FreeBSD boot diskette and install whatever I want, but > > once the system is installed and restart the machine, > > the CD-Rom will never be available for the system. > > > > I'm coming to see the support IDE for the IDE cdrom is yet alpha version, > > but how do you explain this phenomene and > > what is the solution to have my CD-ROM back so that I can add some more > > packages whenever I want ? > > > > Thank you very much for your attention and for your rapid answer as well > > !!!!! :) > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------- > > Kevin Kyeong-il CHOI > > > > I find myself having a similar problem. I installed FreeBSD > 3.0-971225-SNAP, and when it boots, I get (from dmesg): > > wdc1 at 0x170-0x177 irq 15 on isa > wdc1: unit 0 (atapi): <GCD-R580B/1.05>, removable, accel, dma, iordis This is the second IDE controller not the CDROM. Do you have: device wcd0 #IDE CD-ROM in your config? You're dmesg should look something like: wdc1 at 0x170-0x177 irq 15 on isa wdc1: unit 0 (atapi): <MATSHITA CR-585/ZP18>, removable, accel, dma, iordis wcd0: 4125Kb/sec, 128Kb cache, audio play, 256 volume levels, ejectable tray wcd0: 120mm data disc loaded, unlocked > So it is definately seeing it, but it doesn't seem to be correctly setting > up the /dev/wcd* and /dev/rwcd* entries. Enclosed below are the /dev > entries for those: > > test3# ls -la wcd* > brw-r----- 1 root operator 19, 0 Mar 17 06:47 wcd0a > brw-r----- 1 root operator 19, 2 Mar 17 06:47 wcd0c > test3# ls -la rwcd* > crw-r----- 1 root operator 69, 0 Mar 17 06:47 rwcd0a > crw-r----- 1 root operator 69, 2 Mar 17 06:47 rwcd0c > test3# > > Hope we can get aid on this! :) > > Jamie > > > -- > +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ > | The shadows of life cover the sunlight of the soul, and block out the | > | radiance that all have within them, leaving only darkness behind. | > +----------------------------+-------------------+------------------------+ > |mistwolf@ds9.lesn.lehigh.edu|mistwolf@priori.net|mistwolf@lightbearer.com| > +----------------------------+-------------------+------------------------+ > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > -- "Everything that can be invented has been invented." --Charles H. Duell, Commissioner, U.S. Office of Patents, 1899. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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