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Date:      Tue, 28 Jan 1997 23:45:46 -0800 (PST)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
To:        Chow Chi-Ming <cmchow@se.cuhk.edu.hk>
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Sony CDU31a not recognised
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSI.3.94.970128234444.24983y-100000@localhost>
In-Reply-To: <199701280426.MAA01808@cuse77.se.cuhk.edu.hk>

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On Tue, 28 Jan 1997, Chow Chi-Ming wrote:

> Got the Walnut Creek FreeBSD 2.1.6 twin CD set and tried to install on
> my 486-120, 16M ram, PCI machine with a Sony CDU31a CDROM drive
> attached to a sound blaster 16 card.  I booted from DOS to the
> installation menu, chose novice install.  I chose CDROM when the
> installation asked me to select a media.  It then said CDROM not found
> or some such.

This may be interfaced through the proprietary Sony interface.  take a
look at your DOS drivers, then configure the scd device as appropriate.


> Are there docs/faqs comparing linux and freebsd?

They are like apples and oranges -- fruit, but that's as close as they
get.  You might poke through the mail archives at http://www.freebsd.org.

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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