From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Mar 31 02:58:07 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id CAA08002 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 31 Mar 1997 02:58:07 -0800 (PST) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (gdi.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.30]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id CAA07996 for ; Mon, 31 Mar 1997 02:58:05 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.5/8.6.12) with SMTP id CAA00935; Mon, 31 Mar 1997 02:58:02 -0800 (PST) Date: Mon, 31 Mar 1997 02:58:02 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White X-Sender: dwhite@localhost Reply-To: Doug White To: Ben Rush cc: questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: unsupported CD type In-Reply-To: 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 Mon, 24 Mar 1997, Ben Rush wrote: > Hello, > > I originally had FreeBSD v. 2.1.5 on my computer before > ordering the 2.1.7 v. CD. I downloaded the 2.1.7 kernel from the FreeBSD > ftp site and loaded it onto disk. I run through the installation process > fine until I get to the CDROM part where I continue getting the message > saying that my CDROM device is either not recognized or not supported. > Here is the *official stats* given to me about my CDROM: > > PBCDCR-581 4X CD ROM > > I own a Packard Bell Legend 994CDT. I would appreciate > any help possible. I have gone through the kernel stats and tried > disabling conflicting devices, yet, with no prevail. AFAIK, this works fine. Try moving it to the slave position on a primary controller. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major