Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2001 22:58:09 -0600 From: Doug Poland <doug@polands.org> To: Greg Satz <satz@iranger.com> Cc: Doug Poland <doug@polands.org>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: vmware2 cannot "see" ATAPI cdrom under 4.x stable Message-ID: <20010223225808.A4827@polands.org> In-Reply-To: <B6BC3BFE.F342%satz@iranger.com> References: <20010223163409.A8198@polands.org> <B6BC3BFE.F342%satz@iranger.com>
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> >> vmware2 port installs and starts properly but cannot see the ATAPI cdrom. > >> System is running 4.X stable. No hard disk is configured and the guest os is > >> either win95 or win98 from floppy. > >> > > try ln -s /dev/acd0c /dev/cdrom > > > Thanks for the response. I just tried it but unfortunately it didn't help. > Same error message. > > As I stared at the error it became clear that > > Feb 23 16:00:43: VIDE: (0x170) OUTB Cmd of 0xA1 for non-existent drive 1 > Feb 23 16:00:45: VIDE: (0x1F0) OUTB Cmd of 0xA1 for non-existent drive 1 > Feb 23 16:00:46: F(173):311 0x2fff 2 > Feb 23 16:00:46: VIDE: (0x170) ATAPI Unexpected IN len 2 w/o active Cmd > > the hex number in parenthesis is the IDE IO locations. My kernel thinks > there is ata1 on apapci0 at 0x170. So why isn't vmware2 happy with it? Is it > worth attempting to report this problem to vmware? > Hmm, symbolic link worked for me. However, that was before I went to -stable and haven't re-installed the port yet. I'll try it tonight and see if I get anywhere with it. -- Doug To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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