Date: Tue, 29 Oct 1996 21:32:32 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: "Mark W. Dufault" <mdufault@tiac.net> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ATAPI CDROM Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.94.961029213016.369C-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <199610300032.TAA16503@mailnfs0.tiac.net>
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On Tue, 29 Oct 1996, Mark W. Dufault wrote: > I just bought 2.1.5 on CD-ROM and I can't find the atapi.flp that is > supposed to be in the floppies\ directory. I have a Toshiba XM-5502TA. > How do I load the OS when the boot kernel doesn't recognize the CD-ROM? 2.1.5 doesn't come with an ATAPI.flp. If your cdrom isn't detected, try moving it to the slave position on the primary controller. I'm guessing this is a laptop so that may not be easy or possible. Make sure the secondary IDE controller is configured properly; the cd may be connected to it and not the primary IDE channel. > The main problem I am having is I'm new to this FreeBSD and the > documentation has many things in it that are not true. Most of the stuff in > the book about ATAPI is just not on the CD. It's probably for 2.1.0, the last release. > Is there a document with the real instuctions on how to get the kernel to > recognize an ATAPI CDROM? Once you get installed (and if boot.flp won't find it then a recompiled kernel won't either), look in the LINT kernel configuration file in /usr/src/sys/i386/conf and search for the ATAPI option section. There are a couple of lines to add to your kernel config. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major
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