Date: Tue, 2 Feb 1999 08:35:48 -0500 (EST) From: Tony Simaz <tony@michiganpizzahut.com> To: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> Cc: Castor Fu <castor@geocast.net>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Only CD on IDE w/ SCSI disk? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9902020831001.7092-100000@nyx.michiganpizzahut.com> In-Reply-To: <19990202155258.R76680@freebie.lemis.com>
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On Tue, 2 Feb 1999, Greg Lehey wrote: > On Monday, 1 February 1999 at 21:19:55 -0800, Castor Fu wrote: > > On Tue, 2 Feb 1999, Greg Lehey wrote: > > > >> On Monday, 1 February 1999 at 20:19:59 -0800, Castor Fu wrote: > >>> I have a system with an ATAPI IDE CD-ROM drive (Lucky Goldstar CRD-8322B), > >>> and a SCSI hard disk off a Diamond Fireport 40 controller. > >>> > >>> When I try booting off a FreeBSD-2.2.8 installation CD, the kernel > >>> doesn't detect the IDE CD-ROM unless I also hook up an IDE Disk. > >>> > >>> I've tried using the "Cable Select", "Master" and "Slave" settings > >>> on the drive, and they all fail. When using "Cable Select" or "Master" the IDE > >>> controller is detected but the drive is not. With the "Slave" setting, > >>> the controller is not detected at all. > >>> > >>> Should FreeBSD-2.x be able to work with just one IDE device which is a > >>> CD-ROM? > >> > >> It should be able to, but it's a weak area. Is it possible that your > >> CD-ROM should be jumpered for neither master nor slave when it's by > >> itself? Probably the easiest thing to do is to download the 3.0 boot > >> disk; you don't need to install 3.0, but it'll tell you if it finds > >> the CD-ROM or not. > > > > I assumed that the "Cable Select" position was equivalent to neither > > master nor slave. Booting with the FreeBSD-3.0-RELEASE boot floppy doesn't > > detect the CD-ROM drive either. Is the new Atapi-CD driver likely to > > change things? > > I believe the new driver is already there in 3.0-RELEASE. This looks > like bad news. > > > Linux works just fine in this configuration. > > That at least confirms that you have the jumpers set correctly. I'll > check who's supporting this stuff. > > Greg > -- I have this same configuration on a Toshiba Pentium Pro with a Adaptec 2940 onboard adapter. I'm currently running 2.2.8 on four of these beasts and never had a problem with installion. Tony... --------------------------------------------- Good judgment?..That comes from experience. Experience?..That comes from bad judgment. --------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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