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Date:      Fri, 27 Sep 1996 22:53:16 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
To:        "Kenneth E. Hagin" <khagin@delrina.net>
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: ATAPI CD-ROM not recognized
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSI.3.94.960927225225.1519C-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <96Sep27.101608-0700pdt.148110-17763%2B731@mm1.sprynet.com>

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On Fri, 27 Sep 1996, Kenneth E. Hagin wrote:

> I understand that the boot kernel provided with 2.1.5 has the
> "wcd" driver installed.  I have a 4X IDE CD-ROM, identified by Windows 95
> as a "Sony CD-ROM CDU76E-S", firmware revision 1.0g.  When I boot, either
> from the CD under MS-DOS, or from the boot floppy, using the "-c" option, I
> never see a "wcd" device listed in the driver configurations.  Is there
> something I'm missing here?

wcd0 is tagged onto the wdc? controllers, like the disks are.  If the
controller config is right, and your motherboard and CDROM cooperate :-),
it should detect.

The 'sweet spot' seems to the the slave on the primary controller.

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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