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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!news.kei.com!news.mathworks.com!europa.chnt.gtegsc.com!howland.reston.ans.net!xlink.net!ka.sub.net!lyxys!bds.sub.org!ptavv!ralf From: ralf@ptavv.ka.sub.org (Ralf Wenk) Subject: Re: Is there a trick to getting a Mitsumi CDROM recognized X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Organization: The Known Space Message-ID: <DC6I3z.B2A@ptavv.ka.sub.org> References: <3uhlrc$al2@sphinx.Gsu.EDU> <DC2JCp.2sB@eclipse.sheridanc.on.ca> Date: Sun, 23 Jul 1995 17:04:47 GMT Lines: 20 Mark Zander (zander@grendel.t.sheridanc.on.ca) wrote: [...] : My install of BSD/OS v2.0 with a very old single speed Mitsumi CD-ROM was : quite an experience. First the interface card was soo old I had forgotten : how to set the jumpers. Well I knew what port it was at (by using DOS) but : BSDI just would not recognize that port address. : The only way I could get it to work was to get to an existing BSD/OS v2.0 : machine and compile a kernel that had the right settings for my CD-ROM. : Then I made a copy of the first install disk and moved this new kernel image : onto it. : The install saw my CD-ROM when I re-did the install and everything else : worked okay. You have not to compile a new kernel to get BSD/OS 2.0 to recognize the CD-ROM. On installation I ran into the same problem on my 2nd machine and got it fixed by using the right bootflags. Yust have a look at the boot man page. Also remember that IDE CD-ROMs are not supported jet. -- Ralf Wenk - ralf@ptavv.ka.sub.org