From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Jan 3 16:54:04 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id QAA15542 for questions-outgoing; Sat, 3 Jan 1998 16:54:04 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (cisco-ts17-line12.uoregon.edu [128.223.150.229]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id QAA15537 for ; Sat, 3 Jan 1998 16:53:59 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.7/8.8.8) with SMTP id QAA27886; Sat, 3 Jan 1998 16:53:44 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Date: Sat, 3 Jan 1998 16:53:43 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White X-Sender: dwhite@localhost Reply-To: Doug White To: James Higgins cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Panasonic CR-563 CD-ROM Drives. In-Reply-To: <34AC6579.2DF5C14@bnoc.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Thu, 1 Jan 1998, James Higgins wrote: > Doug White wrote: > > > > On Thu, 1 Jan 1998, James Higgins wrote: > > > > > Ok, > > > > > > I change the I/O address to 0x630. Windows 95 shows the device at 0x630 > > > and linux also detects the drive at 0x630. Kernel parameter in linux is > > > "sbpcd=0x630,LaserMate" if that means anything to anyone. Then I save > > > the userconfig parameters and continue booting. > > > > Did you set the interrupt? > > > > There is no way to specify an interrupt as far as I can tell. I don't know if the Panasonic interface supports interrupts, but you can specify it by adding `int x' to the device info line. controller matcd0 at isa? port 0x230 int 5 bio Usually the controller shares with the sound card. > > > The drive light flashes like the drive is read, but when I select it as > > > my installation media I get the now infamous "No CDROM devices found.... > > > blah blah blah" error. I can switch to virtual console 2 and see the > > > line: "DEBUG: Try at matcdc0 retruns errno 2". > > > > Hit scroll lock at the main install menu, then use the arrow keys to > > scroll back and see the boot prompt. See if matcd0 found anything. > It does not detect a drive while installing or if I compile a kernel > with the following line in the configuration. > > controller matcd0 at isa ? port 0x630 bio Hm. I wonder if this drive isn't-quite-matcd compatible. I had a TEAC 4x CD that used the Panasonic interface but a proprietary communication language, so matcd would blink the light but wouldn't find it. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major