Date: Fri, 21 Jun 1996 12:18:43 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu> To: Alexander Goltsov <alex@amt.ru> Cc: "'questions@FreeBSD.org'" <questions@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: CDROM Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.960621121528.242D-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <01BB5F89.6CC18240@alex.amt.ru>
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On Fri, 21 Jun 1996, Alexander Goltsov wrote: Pleae try to wrap your lines at about column 70. They're runnong off the edge of the screen. > I have got small question about using CDROM drives with the FreeBSD. > I have got PC Compaq Presario 520 with IDE controller and I have got CDROM drive Matsushita/Panasonic CR571 which is installed > as a slave. > > But FreeBSD cannot recognise it. In the release notes I found in the list of the supported > CDROMs that: > (wcd) ATAPI IDE inteface (experemental and should be considered ALPHA > quality). What does that mean? It means that the driver is not perfect. There are some drive configurations that it cannot deal with. You appear to have one of them. Or you aren't using the ATAPI.FLP boot floppy image. The BOOT.FLP image doesn't handle ATAPI currently. > And could you please give me advise which CDROM should I buy if it is > not possible for this CD-ROM. SCSI is the best supported, but it is spendy especially if you have to buy the controller. > My FreeBSD version is FreeBSD 2.2 SNAPSHOT March 23, 1996. You should grab a newer SNAP. I believe there is a 0608 SNAP out. 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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