Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2001 07:32:05 -0700 (PDT) From: "K. Greenwood" <k_greenwood1@yahoo.com> To: Louis Bouchard <louis@Princeton.EDU>, FreeBSD-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: problem with atapi cdrom Message-ID: <20010614143205.73768.qmail@web14103.mail.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.SOL.4.10.10106131042440.15461-100000@yuma.Princeton.EDU>
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Well, since no one else has responed (apparently), I may as well take a stab in the dark. Hopefully someone more knowledgeable will be able to help you after reading this... First, are you booting from CDRom, or from floppy? I really don't know if a pentium 100 would even support bootable cd media. Have you tried setting up the CDRom as master on the secondary IDE channel? I once upon a time had a beast of a time with a specific cdrom set as the slave. Next, what is the configuration in your BIOS? Have you tried resetting it to the default settings? While the settings for "Hard drives" should not have much of an effect (any?), possibly the settings for each of the IDE channels (IDE Prefetch, PIO settings, etc.) may be the cause. Also, is it possible for you to test this cdrom in another computer (preferably that currently had FreeBSD successfully installed) just to see if the cdrom is properly detected? Obviously if it is, it's your system, if not, have you ever used a cd drive as a baseball? (warning: don't use a bat of any value!) Hope this was somewhat helpful. Good luck. K. Greenwood --- Louis Bouchard <louis@Princeton.EDU> wrote: > Hi, > > I am trying to install freebsd on my pentium 100 but > it won't recognize my > cdrom (which works well under win95 and redhat linux > 6.0). During the > installation I get the following error message (seen > in the scroll-lock > mode): > > ata0-master: DMA limited to UDMA33, non-ATA66 > compliant cable > ad0: 6149 MB <QUANTUM FIREBALL CX6.4A> [13328/15/63] > at ata0-master WDMA2 > ata0-slave: <..lots of garbage characters...> > unknown device-NO DRIVER ! > > Then I get the error message 'No CD-ROM device > found" when I try to go > further during the installation. > > This is for FreeBSD release 4.2 (the version that > comes in 4-cdroms with > the book). > > If this can help, in Win95 the boot message says: > ATAPI/IDE CDROM device driver 4.0 Jan 1998 > and under Redhat linux 6.0 the boot-up message says: > 0x1f0-0x1f7 ide0 irq14 > hdb: LTN382 ATAPI cdrom drive 40X (and the cdrom > works fine) > > (this is indeed a 40X cdrom drive). > > Is there any way to fix this problem? I was trying > the UserConfig with > the minimum number of devices, and kept the two > ATAPI options (ata0 and > ata1) because I figured one would be the hard disk > and the other one the > cdrom- all other options are SCSI's, which my > computer doesn't have. > > I would appreciate any tips or suggestions, > Louis. > > ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// > Louis Bouchard 101F Frick Chemical Labs > Department of Chemistry Washington Road FAX > (609) 258-6746 > Princeton University Princeton, NJ 08544 TEL > (609) 258-6366 > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of > the message __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Spot the hottest trends in music, movies, and more. http://buzz.yahoo.com/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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