From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Jul 11 8:25:49 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from 76waltham.com (209-67-233-172.bst0.flashcom.net [209.67.233.172]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E829C14BD4 for ; Sun, 11 Jul 1999 08:25:47 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from is%isaka.net@mail.76waltham.com) Received: from [192.168.0.2] by 76waltham.com with SMTP (Eudora Internet Mail Server 2.1); Sun, 11 Jul 1999 11:26:33 -0500 Subject: Re: Problem with Sony Date: Sun, 11 Jul 1999 11:17:33 -0400 x-sender: is%isaka.net@mail.76waltham.com x-mailer: Claris Emailer 2.0v3, January 22, 1998 From: is To: , "is" Cc: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Message-ID: <1280430103-16137015@76waltham.com> Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On 7/10/99 2:10 AM, Maxim heard Crist J. Clark say: >No, a properly installed IDE CDROM should be found by either >kernel. What are the answers to these questions: > >1) Are you booting from floppy? From the CDROM? CD-ROM >2) Are you disabling the second IDE controller in the kernel config? I beleive it's on the second IDE controller (wdc1 as opposed to wdc0). I've tried with it enabled and disabled. No joy. >3) Is the CDROM detected during the kernel's hardware probes? It appears to be. (ie: "wdc1 at 0x170-0x177 irq 15 on isa") >4) Is the FreeBSD CD in the drive when you go to the media selection? > Was the CD in the drive during the boot? yes and yes >5) Is the CDROM offered as a choice at the media selection? yes, but it immediately returns a "No CD-ROM found" when selected as the media type. >-- >Crist J. Clark cjclark@home.com BTW: I emailed stanislav shalunov (shalunov@att.com) who had pretty much the same problem (Dell PowerEdge 1300, Sony CDU701, installer/OS not seeing CD even though BIOS boots from the FreeBSD CD). He posted it to FreeBSD-questions and had some dialogue with you about two months ago on this very issue. His response indicated that his resolution was to buy and install a different CD Drive. This news is not particularly encouraging. I have installed via FTP and remain unable to see the drive. I'm about to pull it and check that it isn't in slave config, which I doubt as it ships in master config by default. ================================== Israel Alvarez Propellerhead Without Portfolio is@isaka.net - The amazingly heavy lifeless dog "The crimes of eBay are a disgrace to its Pig Latin heritage." - TheOnion.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message