Date: Mon, 29 Jul 1996 20:56:32 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu> To: Stephen Palmer <uscgsynd@ibmmail.com> Cc: questions@freefall.freebsd.org Subject: Re: Hitachi 4x ATAPI CDROM Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.94.960729205506.320I-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <199607291505.IAA02871@freefall.freebsd.org>
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On Mon, 29 Jul 1996, Stephen Palmer wrote: > I know that ATAPI support is considered "Alpha" quality, but was wondering > if someone could point me in the right directions on this. My work machine > (Dell Optiplex, Pentium-90) has a Sony ATAPI that installed 2.1.0-Release > off of CD with no (Okay "few") problems. I take this same CD and Boot > Floppy to my home system, configured simialar (I tried the CDROM as slave on > The Primary IDE, and maser on the Secondary IDE) At boot time, the system > acts like it sees my CD Drive (wcd0: Hitachi.... sorry I don't have a log > with me...) but when I try to install off of CD Media it reports "no > supported CDROM Drives installed" or something very like that. Is this a > problem with Hitachi's not being quite ATAPI? I Like the Drive for $$ > reasons. Very low-cost. My other options for CD drives are Mitsumi or > Toshiba. I remebered reading that Mitsumi's had problems so I avoided that. Hm. I've seen messages about Hitachi's before. It may be that they are too slack with the ATAPI protocol. Did you have the CD in the drive on boot? You might check the archives for "Hitachi" and see what you get. 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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