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Subject: Re: More CD-ROM
To: cjm2@ACSU.Buffalo.EDU (Christopher J. Michaels)
Date: Mon, 9 Sep 1996 15:30:01 +0200 (MESZ)
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In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.3.93.960909084921.13882E-100000@orichalc.acsu.buffalo.edu> from "Christopher J. Michaels" at Sep 9, 96 08:53:18 am
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E-mail message from Christopher J. Michaels contained:
> Hi Again,
>   I just wanted to update those who were helping me with my cd-rom
> problems.  What happened was I, the other day I booted to DOS/Windows,
> something I hadn't done in a week or so.  I found that the cd-rom was
> unusable there as well.  So I figured it was a hardware problem.
>   Then, I reinstalled FreeBSD AGAIN (Still learning) and by some miracle
> the cd-rom started working again (DOS & UNIX) and I haven't had problems
> since.
>   I have absolutely no idea what happened, but I wanted to thank th ose
> who tried to help me.  And if anyone has any ideas what happened I'd love
> to know.

In these cases first check the power cabling.  Then check the data cables,
try to reseat controller cards, etc.

/Marino
> 
>  -Christopher Michaels                         Student Consultant:645-3542
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