From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Feb 21 23:27:59 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com (mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com [206.29.169.15]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6E2EB37B491 for ; Wed, 21 Feb 2001 23:27:55 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from tedm@toybox.placo.com) Received: from tedm.placo.com (nat-rtr.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com [206.29.168.154]) by mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com (8.11.1/8.11.1) with SMTP id f1M7Rb722127; Wed, 21 Feb 2001 23:27:37 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from tedm@toybox.placo.com) From: "Ted Mittelstaedt" To: "Ralph Dratman" Cc: , "Valery Izotov" , "Tait Larson" , "Ivan Fetch" , "Tim McMillen" Subject: RE: ata1-master: CDROM device - NO DRIVER! Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2001 23:27:37 -0800 Message-ID: <002801c09ca0$ee60de00$1401a8c0@tedm.placo.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook 8.5, Build 4.71.2173.0 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3155.0 In-Reply-To: Importance: Normal Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Oh, gee - I feel dumb! I didn't read the line carefully the first time - this cdrom drive is plugged into the IDE controller, isn't it? If so it doesen't use the matcd controller. Ted Mittelstaedt tedm@toybox.placo.com Author of: The FreeBSD Corporate Networker's Guide Book website: http://www.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Ralph Dratman > Sent: Wednesday, February 21, 2001 8:34 AM > To: Ted Mittelstaedt > Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG; Valery Izotov; Tait Larson; Ivan > Fetch; Tim McMillen > Subject: RE: ata1-master: CDROM device - NO > DRIVER! > > > Ted, > > Thanks very much for your reply. In fact I did build a custom kernel > with the following line in the configuration file: > > device matcd0 at isa? port 0x230 > > but the device still isn't coming up. I found this configuration > line in the LINT file, but I must admit that I don't understand > the syntax of it. Given the bootup error message > > ata1-master: CDROM device - NO DRIVER! > > should I change the port address to 1c05? I feel pretty dumb. Also, > in the Lehey book, p. 361, the matcd0 configuration line is shown > as follows: > > controller matcd0 at isa? port 0x230 bio > > and I don't know what to think of "controller" versus "device" or the > "bio" at the end. > > Regards, > > Ralph Dratman > > ================================== > > >The matcd driver has been removed from the 4.2 boot floppy > >because of lack of space. It is still in the system and once > >you have installed FreeBSD you may compile a kernel with > >this device and use it. If you need to install from this > >CD you may create a installation floppy with a custom kernel > >with this device defined in it. > > > >Ted Mittelstaedt tedm@toybox.placo.com > >Author of: The FreeBSD Corporate Networker's Guide > >Book website: http://www.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com > > > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > >> [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Ralph Dratman > >> Sent: Friday, February 16, 2001 3:06 PM > >> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > >> Subject: ata1-master: CDROM device - NO DRIVER! > >> > >> The following comes up during boot of 4.2: > >> > >> ata1-master: CDROM device - NO DRIVER! > >> > >> But the same CD-ROM drive worked fine when I was running 3.3. > >> > >> Others have also experienced this problem. I'm copying this message > >> to four people who discussed it in mailing list archives. So far I > >> haven't found any explanation of why this drive worked before but not > >> now. Has anyone found a resolution? > >> > >> Regards, > >> > >> Ralph Dratman > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message