Date: Mon, 10 Mar 1997 09:21:44 +0100 (MET) From: Wolfgang Helbig <helbig@MX.BA-Stuttgart.De> To: rsw@crl.com (Guy F. Boyd) Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: atapi conflict in manuals Message-ID: <199703100821.JAA00239@helbig.informatik.ba-stuttgart.de> In-Reply-To: <Pine.SUN.3.91.970309091258.558A-100000@crl.crl.com> from "Guy F. Boyd" at "Mar 9, 97 09:33:24 am"
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Hi, > > A brief question: > > In the publication " Installing And Running FreeBSD by Greg Lehey, > ISBN 1-5716-139--x > > Installation Concepts: > Page 26: > > "In order to install from an ATAPI CD-ROM, The drive must be jumpered as > a slave device." > > On the Walnut Creek Distribution 2.1 CD, > > the text file "/floppies/readme.text": > > "If you're using an IDE CDROM, try atapi.flp instead of boot.flp. This > contains an ALPHA QUALITY ATAPI driver that may or may not work for you. > Also make sure that your CDROM is jumpered as a "master" device, rather than > the "slave" device that many come configured as." > > > The alpha quality issues and caveats of the atapi driver are noted. > I am , however, confused on the apparent conflict of the master/ slave > jumpering . Which should it be? Probably both sources are wrong :-). The only thing I can say is, I installed from 2.1 CD with atapi.flp. HD was master and CD was slave on the primary IDE channel. I had problems with using both IDE channels, i. e. HD master on primary and CD master on secondary, as my IDE-chip (CMD640B) does not support concurrent access to both channels. > Currently , the CD ROM is ( apparently) configured as master, answering > to the probe by the boot floppy at wdc0, and apparently happy. > > I would like to be a bit surer that this really means "no problem" before > I install, given the above conflict. > > Response is appreciated. > > Guy F. Boyd > rsw@crl.com Good luck Wolfgang
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