Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2003 10:49:55 +1000 From: frank brierley <frank_n_brierley@yahoo.com.au> To: freebsd questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: second cd drive only detected occasonally Message-ID: <oprsmxxh1qw9ytdz@smtp.mail.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <44y8ysd8gn.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> References: <oprshq4kw7w9ytdz@smtp.mail.yahoo.com> <44y8ysd8gn.fsf@be-well.ilk.org>
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Lowell, On the weekend I swapped the two drives, DVD becomes master and CD-RW becomes slave, also CD-RW goes to end of IDE ribbon and the problem seems to have resolved. Thanks for your suggestion. Frank On 20 Jul 2003 20:33:44 -0400, Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be- well.no-ip.com> wrote: > frank brierley <frank_n_brierley@yahoo.com.au> writes: > >> I have a DVD drive as secondary slave (IDE) and a cd burner as >> secondary master. Both drives are detected by BIOS and by windows. >> However freebsd assignes a device to the cd burner (samsung) only >> every now and then. >> >> Checking dmesg and only acd0 will usually appear. After a reboot >> there is a fairly good chance that acd1 will appear. >> >> I've build and installed a current world and kernel cvsup 4.8 >> yesterday and changed the IDE ribbon. >> >> does anyone have any ideas? > > I'd be looking for timing problems. Maybe try swapping the drives > between master and slave? > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions- > unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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