Date: Mon, 22 Apr 1996 16:24:01 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu> To: "Yingjun (Ian) He" <hey@tuns.ca> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: IDE CD Rom Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.960422162227.28991C-100000@riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <199604212359.QAA22427@freefall.freebsd.org>
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uOn Sun, 21 Apr 1996, Yingjun (Ian) He wrote: > What kind of pure IDE CD ROM Drive does FreeBSD 2.1 can recognize? > Can I use the secondary IDE controller for the CD ROM? Most. Some are quite cheezy and will not work. It's hit and miss. You certainly may put it on a second controller, but IMHO you should use the first one as much as you can (I don't know what behavior the ATAPI CDROM code exibits in this regard -- it's been known to favor some setups over others). Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major
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