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Date:      Thu, 11 May 2000 21:49:24 +0100
From:      Mark Ovens <mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org>
To:        "y.pyjo yun" <pyjo@yahoo.com>
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: atapi cd rom compatibility
Message-ID:  <20000511214924.B1522@parish>
In-Reply-To: <20000511204155.21047.qmail@web109.yahoomail.com>; from pyjo@yahoo.com on Thu, May 11, 2000 at 01:41:55PM -0700
References:  <20000511204155.21047.qmail@web109.yahoomail.com>

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On Thu, May 11, 2000 at 01:41:55PM -0700, y.pyjo yun wrote:
> Hi.
> I recently install the freebsd 2.2 release in my
> office
> (ridjal computers co)
> I intended to recommend it to my customers but a
> little
> problem arises........
> the atapi cd rom can't be recognised (after searching
> in your website, it says that some/almost atapi's
> can't be recognised; including acer oem, teradrive,
> BTC, and many other cdrom companies )
> It can boot with cdrom (the installation part) but
> when it want to start to copy file, the unrecognised
> cdroms prompts .........
> Can you please help.. almost all my customer use
> atapi's (its cheapier and easier to get)
> Thanks.

Well, 2.2 is a *very* old version of FreeBSD, and in those days ATAPI
detection was somewhat poor. Can you u/g to 3.4? ATAPI support is
*greatly* improved (only a few el cheapo CDs now seem to be a
problem).


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