From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Feb 13 1:52:21 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from bumper.jellybaby.net (bumper.jellybaby.net [194.159.247.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E9B4037B4EC for ; Tue, 13 Feb 2001 01:52:18 -0800 (PST) Received: (from simond@localhost) by bumper.jellybaby.net (8.9.2/8.9.2) id JAA39736; Tue, 13 Feb 2001 09:51:10 GMT (envelope-from simond) Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2001 09:51:10 +0000 From: simond@irrelevant.org To: Rob deFriesse Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Compatibility of Promise Ultra100 (ATA100) and CDROM Message-ID: <20010213095110.A39512@irrelevant.org> References: <200102122044.f1CKiM624558@chmls20.mediaone.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0.1i In-Reply-To: <200102122044.f1CKiM624558@chmls20.mediaone.net>; from robdefriesse@mail.com on Mon, Feb 12, 2001 at 03:44:22PM -0500 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Mon, Feb 12, 2001 at 03:44:22PM -0500, Rob deFriesse wrote: > I have installed a Promise Ultra100 with a ATA100 hard drive. I tried > to attach my rather old CDROM drive to the same cable but it just lay > there and whimpered when I tried to access it. (More precisely the > drive spun up and activity light flashed but nothing much else > happened.) > > Does anyone know, should I expect this from an older drive? Will > newer CDROM drives perform correctly on this controller? What should > I look for in the drive specifications before I buy a new drive? Basically, look for any hard drive, AFAIR the Promise ATA100 card doesn't support CD-ROMs and other removable devices, HTH :) -- Simon Dick simond@irrelevant.org "Why do I get this urge to go bowling everytime I see Tux?" To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message