Date: Mon, 14 Apr 1997 09:52:19 +0300 From: Nadav Eiron <nadav@barcode.co.il> To: Stanley.Hopcroft@aipo.gov.au Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Do ATAPI CD-ROMs on 486 IDE controllers work ? Message-ID: <3351D423.5716@barcode.co.il> References: <4A256479.001E3D2E.00@notes.aipo.gov.au>
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Stanley.Hopcroft@aipo.gov.au wrote: > > Dear Sir or Madam, > > I am writing to ask you whether an ANTAPI (?) CD-ROM will work on the IDE > controller of a 486. > > The details are :- > > CD Creative CR-563-B 40 pin plug, 3 jumpers > CPU Micronics Gemini mother board both with > IDE on video card and on mother board. > > As far as I know the CD-ROM is configured for slave operation (no jumpers). It's probably not. One of the jumpers should be labeled "SL". Try jumpering that one to put the drive in slave mode. > > Whenever the CD is plugged into the HDD ribbon the PC will not boot (the > HDD motor does not start). > > My employer deploys these CDs by plugging them into Sound Blaster cards. Then they must be in stand-alone (or master) mode, not slave mode. > > Thank you, > > S Hopcroft > Australian Industrial Property Organisation Nadav
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