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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mira.net.au!inquo!news.uoregon.edu!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.sprintlink.net!news.magicnet.net!usenet From: dpb@magicnet.net (Dan Benjamin) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: IDE CD-ROM works ? (Re: Gateway-2000's) Date: Fri, 23 Feb 1996 22:36:25 GMT Organization: MagicNet, Inc. Lines: 27 Message-ID: <4gl5al$ndh@comet2.magicnet.net> References: <221ba367.4d502@slip106.termserv.siu.edu> <31294AFF.4B55@millcomm.com> <4ghp82$2jt@Mars.mcs.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: pm5-06.magicnet.net X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82 Well, >: > > > : I am having problems installing FreeBSD on a Gateway-2000 machine. Has anyone >: > > > : else been able to successfully install FreeBSD on such a beast ? >: > >: > > yes, but to get the ide cdrom to work, I had to move it from the >: > > second ide controller to the first controller. Change the hard disk to >: > > be master and the cdrom drive to be slave. >I can vouch for the above method. A friend of mine has done the same thing, >and as wierd as it might sound, it does work and from what I have seen, it is >fast. >Yes, it works. On the install cd-rom it does state that a alpha version of >: the code for ide cd-rom is available. I tried to install FreeBSD with the >: hardware as shipped by Gateway, but the CD-ROM drive was not found. Now, if I run out and buy an IDE CD-ROM, stick it on the primary drive controller and put the HD on the secondary, it's gonna work???? I have only 1 controller, that can run 4 drives . . . TIA! -Dan