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From: bgrant@umcc.umcc.umich.edu (Bruce Grant)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions
Subject: Re: Mitsumi CD-ROM install trouble.
Date: 28 Dec 1994 13:05:31 -0500
Organization: UMCC, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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References: <1189@datasync.mv.com> <1994Dec28.171116.7894@fsl.noaa.gov>
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In article <1994Dec28.171116.7894@fsl.noaa.gov>,
Sean Kelly <kelly@woody.fsl.noaa.gov> wrote:
>In article <1189@datasync.mv.com>, DataSync <mgehres@datasync.mv.com> wrote:
>>I am attempting to install FreeBDS 2.0 using a Mitsumi CD-ROM.  During boot
>>up it detects the CD as mcd0 but on irq 10 instead of 5 as the card is
>>configured.
>
>When you see the bootup say mcd0 on irq 10, that's where *kernel* is
>configured to find your Mitsumi CD-ROM, *not* where it detects any
>CD-ROM.  To have it use irq 5, enter the following at the boot prompt:
>
>   [description of procedure to change irq and port]

I am seeing this problem too.  Correcting the irq and address does not fix
it.  During the boot these messages appear:

mcd0: version information is 0 M 2
mcd0: Adjusted for newer drive model
mcd0: type Mitsumi LU005S

Any ideas would be appreciated.

Bruce Grant (bgrant@umcc.ais.org)