Date: Fri, 30 Aug 1996 09:58:10 +1000 (EST) From: Carey Nairn <cp_nairn@cc.utas.edu.au> To: Ken Lareau <klareau@squonk.net> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Problems with Creative CD-ROM on FreeBSD 2.1 Message-ID: <Pine.SOL.3.91.960830094606.28468A-100000@wedge.its.utas.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <199608291842.OAA23763@awaken.squonk.net>
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On Thu, 29 Aug 1996, Ken Lareau wrote: > I have made several unsuccessful attempts to load FreeBSD 2.1 onto my system, > due to the fact that it seems that the Creative CD-ROM drive I have may not > be supported. According to the info only the 2x drives (562/563) are cur- > rently supposrt, and the drive I have is a 4x drive, though I'm uncertain of > the model number. > > I would like to know if I'm wasting my time attempting to make this drive > work, or whether I'm just not setting something correctly. Any help/advice > you could give would be greatly appreciated. > > Thanks. > > > Ken Lareau > klareau@squonk.net > I currently use a Creative 4x CD420E CDROM (IDE) on my 2.1.5R system with a reasonable degree of success. (I also used it successfully with 2.1R) My system has the CD configured as the second (slave) device on the primary IDE controller. I don't have access to the machine right now but if you have a look at the LINT file in /usr/src/sys/i386/conf you will see what is needed in the kernel config file to make it work. I have had absolutely no problems with this as a data drive. The problems I have had have all been related to audio applications. All of the X-windows based audio CD player applications I have tried fail to recognise the drive has a disk in it. The text-based CD player works *most* of the time but often forgets that the CD is there and i have to quit the program and restart it to fix it. Mostly I just play audio CDs by pressing the play button on the front of the drive (something that seems to be absent from most drives). Cheers, Carey ========================================================================= Carey Nairn ! email : Carey.Nairn@its.utas.edu.au Infrastructure Services ! phone : (03) 6220 7419 Information Technology Services ! fax : (03) 6220 7898 University of Tasmania. ! int'l : (+61 3) =========================================================================
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