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From: bneel@site.gmu.edu (Brian T Neel (CS))
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: IDE CD-ROM Drives
Date: 20 Nov 1995 09:19:39 GMT
Organization: George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia, USA
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David O'Brien (dpo2@cornell.edu) wrote:
: Does the current FreeBSD release support IDE CD-ROM drives, and 
: if not, when is support expected.  I remember reading somewhere 
: that they were not supported and just wanted to make sure.

  As I understand it, it does...but after trying the current atapi.flp
boot image, I would like to know which ones it has been tested on.
  I am using a secondary ATAPI IDE controller which is recognized
on boot-up, but the drive is not.  The drive is a quad speed chinon
ide.  I recently read somewhere that the drive needed to be jumpered as
master.  But this didn't help me any...  Is there a mailing list for
this?