From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Sep 10 19:39:21 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id TAA02440 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 10 Sep 1996 19:39:21 -0700 (PDT) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (cisco-ts12-line9.uoregon.edu [128.223.150.141]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id TAA02434 for ; Tue, 10 Sep 1996 19:39:16 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.7.5/8.6.12) with SMTP id TAA00257; Tue, 10 Sep 1996 19:39:17 -0700 (PDT) Date: Tue, 10 Sep 1996 19:39:17 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White Reply-To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu To: Mohammad.K.Islam@southwind.net cc: questions@FreeBSD.org, sohel@southwind.net Subject: Re: CD-ROM detection. In-Reply-To: <199609101922.OAA21671@onyx.southwind.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Tue, 10 Sep 1996 Mohammad.K.Islam@southwind.net wrote: > Few weeks ago i have bought Freebsd2.1.5 release and was trying to > install it but is having trouble making the kernel detecting my > cd-rom. Its a creative labs blaster 4xspeed cd which is connected to > the motherboard in IDE controller 2 (wdc1), and it is jumpered as a > primary master drive. My hard disk is connected to IDE port 1(wdc0) > and is properly detected.(Also my hard disk). > > Now in order to detect my cdrom by the kernel, do i need to chamge > the jumper setting of my cd-rom as a slave? Or should i connect my > cdrom with my hard disk controller and jumper set it as a slave? Or > is there any other alternative available to me? The channel 0 slave position appears to be the most successful. Try moving it there and see what you get. > I understand that the boot.flp boot image is consist of > boot.flp+atapi.flp so that it can detect the ide cdrom drive. atapi.flp was needed for 2.1-RELEASE. 2.1.5-RELEASE does not require (or have) an atapi.flp. atapi.flp IS the boot floppy image, not a combination of boot and atapi. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major