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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!spool.mu.edu!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!news-res.gsl.net!news.gsl.net!news.mathworks.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!inXS.uu.net!nntp.inet.fi!news.funet.fi!news.cs.hut.fi!news.clinet.fi!usenet From: temmi@chthon.hjak.fi (Teemu Hakala) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: cdrom on ide - kllbsd.txt [1/1] Date: 22 Jul 1996 22:31:46 GMT Organization: Clinet, Espoo, Finland. Lines: 24 Message-ID: <TEMMI.96Jul23013146@chthon.hjak.fi> References: <4sss82$j0s@nw101.infi.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: chthon.hjak.fi In-reply-to: kevin1@nr.infi.net's message of 21 Jul 1996 09:11:30 GMT > this is an interesting thread. i have a slightly different > problem with my phillips 6x atapi ide cdrom. i was able to > install freebsd 2.1 with the cdrom because it was recognized > by the probe from the boot floppy. but after the install is > complete and i am now booting from the hard drive the > probe fails to detect the cdrom. i am new to bsd but i > have re done this 4 times and every time the boot floppy > detects the cdrom at boot and the hard drive boot does not > detect the cdrom and hence i cannot mount the cdrom. > any help would be appreciated. thanks > kevin Uhh, it is because the kernel on the ATAPI boot floppy has the ATAPI cdrom driver while the GENERIC kernel which is installed by default does not have said cdrom driver. You need to recompile your kernel, see the handbook for instructions. -- Temmi -- -- Temmi Hoo