Date: Thu, 8 Aug 1996 23:36:42 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: COI Giovanni <Coi_Giovanni@prometeo.it> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Hitachi CD-ROM ATAPI problem Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.94.960808233412.222N-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <199608081634.SAA03945@prometeo.prometeo.it>
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Please don't crosspost like this. -questions would have been plenty enough. Thanks. (cc: list pruned) On Thu, 8 Aug 1996, COI Giovanni wrote: > The release that I have installad is 2.1.5-stable (from mirror > www.se.FreeBSD.org at August 6 1996). Check. > The problem is the CD-ROM. It is set as Master into the second IDE > controller with the hard drive set as Master into the first IDE > controller. Um, if the devices are the only one on their respective controllers then they should be set to Single, not Master. > > When start (with a CD into the unit) the initial hardware test > show: > wdc1 at 0x170-0x177 irq 15 on isa > wdc1: unit 0 (atapi): <HITACHI CDR-7730/0008c>, removable, iordy > wcd0: 689Kb/sec, 128Kb cache, audio play, 128 volume levels, ejectable tray > wcd0: medium type unknown, unlocked OK, looking good there. > So it find correctly two units. > (NB. > If CD-ROM do not set as Master in second IDE it missing from > the probe log. > If it is set as Salve in first IDE the system do not boot at all. > It don't find any bootable units.) Yes; it's because it's configured improperly. > When from root's shell I type: > > mount -t cd9660 /dev/wcd0c /mnt > > the system relply: > > cd9660: /dev/wcd0c: Device not configured > > Do you have any brilliant suggestions that may aid me in my > search for the perfectly functional FreeBSD system? su; cd /dev; sh MAKEDEV wcd0 Try that and see what you get. Also reset the jumpers on your disks to reflect the proper situation. 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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