Date: Tue, 17 Mar 1998 08:10:42 -0800 (PST) From: Tim Moony <timm@uniqsite.com> To: Jamie Norwood <mistwolf@ds9.lesn.lehigh.edu> Cc: Kevin Kyeong-il CHOI <kevin.choi@cnes.fr>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: How can I make my IDE CD-ROM work ? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980317080844.11126A-100000@uniqsite.com> In-Reply-To: <199803171506.KAA28644@ds9.lesn.lehigh.edu>
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On Tue, 17 Mar 1998, Jamie Norwood wrote: > > > > Hello there, > > I have a FreeBSD v2.1 bought from Walnut Creek CDROM. > > I installed this on my machine which has a Goldstar IDE type CD-ROM. > > Well, > > The curious thing is that I am capable to detect the CDROM > > from the FreeBSD boot diskette and install whatever I want, but > > once the system is installed and restart the machine, > > the CD-Rom will never be available for the system. > > > > I'm coming to see the support IDE for the IDE cdrom is yet alpha version, > > but how do you explain this phenomene and > > what is the solution to have my CD-ROM back so that I can add some more > > packages whenever I want ? > > > > Thank you very much for your attention and for your rapid answer as well > > !!!!! :) > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------- > > Kevin Kyeong-il CHOI > > > > I find myself having a similar problem. I installed FreeBSD > 3.0-971225-SNAP, and when it boots, I get (from dmesg): > > wdc1 at 0x170-0x177 irq 15 on isa > wdc1: unit 0 (atapi): <GCD-R580B/1.05>, removable, accel, dma, iordis > > So it is definately seeing it, but it doesn't seem to be correctly setting > up the /dev/wcd* and /dev/rwcd* entries. Enclosed below are the /dev > entries for those: > > test3# ls -la wcd* > brw-r----- 1 root operator 19, 0 Mar 17 06:47 wcd0a > brw-r----- 1 rot operator 19, 2 Mar 17 06:47 wcd0c > test3# ls -la rwcd* > crw-r----- 1 root operator 69, 0 Mar 17 06:47 rwcd0a > crw-r----- 1 root operator 69, 2 Mar 17 06:47 rwcd0c > test3# > > Hope we can get aid on this! :) > > Jamie > > > -- > +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ > | The shadows of life cover the sunlight of the soul, and block out the | > | radiance that all have within them, leaving only darkness behind. | > +----------------------------+-------------------+------------------------+ > |mistwolf@ds9.lesn.lehigh.edu|mistwolf@priori.net|mistwolf@lightbearer.com| > +----------------------------+-------------------+------------------------+ > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > It looks OK to me??? What does the system say when you do this: mount /dev/wcd0c /cdrom To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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