From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Dec 5 11:25:38 1996 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) id LAA26275 for questions-outgoing; Thu, 5 Dec 1996 11:25:38 -0800 (PST) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (gdi.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.30]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) with ESMTP id LAA26264 for ; Thu, 5 Dec 1996 11:25:34 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.3/8.6.12) with SMTP id LAA08375; Thu, 5 Dec 1996 11:25:31 -0800 (PST) Date: Thu, 5 Dec 1996 11:25:31 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White Reply-To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu To: wk cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD 2.1.5 cannot detect my CR562 cdrom In-Reply-To: <32A69FE6.6896@netvigator.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Thu, 5 Dec 1996, wk wrote: > I have brought a 2-CD set FreeBSD 2.1.5, and tried to install it to my > PC direct from the CD, but both install.bat (on the CD) and boot floppy > methods failed to detect my 2-speed Panasonic CR-562-B CDROM (The > hardware.txt file claims that my CDROM is supported. I have checked with > sb16's setupcd.exe under msdos, and confirmed that the I/O address is > set at 220, ie =0x230 under FreeBSD I believe). Please advise/help. In UserConfig (boot: -c), edit the matcd0 device for port 0x220. > (My PC config : 486DX, 20M Ram, IDE harddisk, 1.2M a: floppy and 1.44M > b: floppy, Creative SB16 sound card + Panasonic CR-562-B CDRom.) I assume this isn't a IDE-interfaced CDROM, but is a Creative/Panasonic-interfaced CDROM. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major