Date: Mon, 21 Jul 1997 10:06:18 +0300 From: Nadav Eiron <nadav@barcode.co.il> To: Hans van Reenen <H.vanReenen@UCI.KUN.NL> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: freebsd and cd-rom support Message-ID: <33D30A6A.51A2@barcode.co.il> References: <Pine.A41.3.95.970721060714.64562A-100000@baserv.uci.kun.nl>
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Hans van Reenen wrote: > > Hello, > > I've a Vertos 400 HTD (atapi) cd-rom drive. > > Does FreeBSD support this drive ? > > Thanks in advance. > > Hans van Reenen I don't know for sure. Most ATAPI CDs are supported in one way or another. Luckily enough, it's easy for you to check. Simply download the install floppy (it's a single floppy, see the instructions on the web page). Then try booting it while having a CD (any CD) in the drive. Look at the boot prompts. If you see one that talks of a device named wcd0 (it will probably tell you that it has a CD inside), then you got your CD detected. You may also, once the installation disk is up, go to options and try to set the media type to CDROM. If it works, your CD is supported. If it doesn't work the first time, there's still hope. Try connecting your CD as either the slave on the primary EIDE controller or the master on the secondary controller. Some CDs work only in one of those two ways. Hope this helps, Nadav
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