Date: Sat, 01 Mar 1997 15:05:23 -0800 From: Jason Wells <jcwells@u.washington.edu> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: morion@access.dux.ru Subject: [Fwd: Re: ATAPI CD[D[D[D[D] Message-ID: <3318B633.2DF9@u.washington.edu>
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I am passing the buck on this one. Anyony help this user out? I wrote: > > Just because it works in DOS does not mean that all is configured > > correctly for FreeBSD. It does however mean that the drive is not > > broken. > > > > If your CDROM is connected to the primary IDE controller then you must > > have device wdc0 in your kernel. > > > > If your CDROM is connected to the secondary IDE controller then you must > > have device wdc1 in your kernel. > > > > If your CDROM is the first drive on the either controller then it must > > be set to master. > > > > If your CDROM is the second drive on the either controller then is must > > be set to slave. > > > > When trying to MAKEDEV the CDROM try this also. > > > > /dev/MAKEDEV wcd0c <--- note the added c > > > > Keep at it. You will figure it out. They responded: > Ok, I tried "./MAKEDEV wcd0c". Kernel wrote: "bad unit for disk in: wcd0c". I cry "HELP" : At this point I am in over my head. I do not know what the "bad unit" error means. Could somebody more knowledgable on this list grab this one from me? > What there mean? > CDROM is the second drive on secondary controller.Jumper set to slave. > I have two hard drive: > wd0 - first drive (master on primary controller wdc0); > wd2 - second drive (master on secondary controller wdc1); > > Thanks, Ilya. -- __ __ / 0\ / 0\ Thank you * Highperformance.net ) Wannabe Sysadmin * The homeless domain )-------( Jason Wells * "Pardon me sir, spare some bandwidth?" \_____/
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