From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Aug 24 19:27:03 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id TAA23232 for questions-outgoing; Sat, 24 Aug 1996 19:27:03 -0700 (PDT) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (cisco-ts17-line3.uoregon.edu [128.223.150.220]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id TAA23224 for ; Sat, 24 Aug 1996 19:26:59 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.7.5/8.6.12) with SMTP id TAA00251; Sat, 24 Aug 1996 19:27:02 -0700 (PDT) Date: Sat, 24 Aug 1996 19:27:01 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White Reply-To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu To: Cord Ellis cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ATAPI Sorry In-Reply-To: <321F2A7F.266F@neosoft.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 Sat, 24 Aug 1996, Cord Ellis wrote: > After an undesirable DOS install I can rebuild my GENERIC kernel after > adding a mere 2 lines, and deleting mcd, scd, etc other cd's and become > able to mount my wcd0. Am I daft or isn't wcd the ATAPI cd whereas mcd, > etc are proprietary IDE's, and if so why wasn't ATAPI and wcd0 included > in the atapiflp.bat routine so that ATAPI cd's could be used for > installation? GENERIC isn't 'ATAPI-enabled' due to the quality of the code in question. It's very painless to ATAPI-enable it as you found. 99% of the population should build a custom kernel for their system, adding needed devices while removing unneeded ones. Running GENERIC adds quite a bit of bloat to the kernel. 2.1.5 doesn't have an atapi.flp because the default boot.flp is already ATAPI-enabled. > Is the 2.1.5 ATAPI install any different, or is adding 2 lines to the > ATAPI kernel 2 much to ask to put this issue 2 bed? 8-) I think there was some question that the ATAPI code may potentially screw up the IDE disk detection (and the detection of other devices). Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major