From owner-freebsd-hackers Wed Mar 19 10:09:29 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id KAA11719 for hackers-outgoing; Wed, 19 Mar 1997 10:09:29 -0800 (PST) Received: from bagpuss.visint.co.uk (bagpuss.visint.co.uk [194.207.134.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id KAA11712 for ; Wed, 19 Mar 1997 10:09:25 -0800 (PST) Received: from bagpuss.visint.co.uk (bagpuss.visint.co.uk [194.207.134.1]) by bagpuss.visint.co.uk (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id SAA17929; Wed, 19 Mar 1997 18:09:27 GMT Date: Wed, 19 Mar 1997 18:09:27 +0000 (GMT) From: Stephen Roome To: Dan Odom cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ATAPI CD fix In-Reply-To: <199703191616.KAA12937@thelonious.spidome.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-hackers@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Wed, 19 Mar 1997, Dan Odom wrote: > I've seen two posts in two days on this topic (to 'hackers', even), so > I'll throw in my $2.00 (inflation sucks): > > FreeBSD 2.1.6 (and 2.1.7?) needs the IDE cd-rom to be a slave on the > primary controller. It will not work if the cd-rom drive is the > master on the secondary controller. Most PCs are shipped with the > CD-ROM on the secondary controller, so you need to go in and switch > the cables around. Well, mine worked fine as the master drive on the secondary controller, and that's with a Creative Labs Hex speed drive and a Creative Labs Infra 1800 drive.. both worked fine. Steve.