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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!spool.mu.edu!uwm.edu!lll-winken.llnl.gov!enews.sgi.com!decwrl!tribune.usask.ca!skorpio3!bwm260 From: bwm260@skorpio3.usask.ca (Bradley W Mazurek) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: 2.1.0 and 2.1.5 IDE CDROM Problems Date: 7 Oct 1996 13:25:30 GMT Organization: University of Saskatchewan Lines: 34 Message-ID: <53b0ca$2p@tribune.usask.ca> NNTP-Posting-Host: skorpio3.usask.ca X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] I installed 2.1.5 this weekend from a DOS partition , and finally got my IDE CDROM working (after recompiling the kernel). I was able to peruse the contents of the Install CD, more a few files, etc. Then I tried to copy a file off the CD. The copy hung, ps showed that the cp as in the 'D+' state: short term uninterruptable wait. I performed a shutdown, at which point the end the following a appeared on the console: 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1...giving up Or something like that. Upon reentering the system, none of the filesystems had been dismounted correctly (no problems observed...just an abscence of clean flags). I rebooted under 2.1.0 (on another drive) and recompiled the kernel with the same options as 2.1.5. Kernel compiled fine, recognized the drive. I was able to ls it, but it too soon hung with a 'D+' process state. The machine is a P5-90 with 40MB Ram. I'm installing 2.1.5 on the slave drive of the primary IDE controller. The drive is a 3.1GB Quantum Fireball, and FreeBSD is the only OS on that drive. The master drive on the controller is a 1GB Western Digital Caviar drive. I have a QIC-80 drive, both floppies and an IDE CD-ROM. Any suggestions on a solution to this problem? Thanks, Brad PS. A big thanks to the FreeBSD team. FreeBSD has been my primary OS for well over a year now, and has been nothing but a pleasure to use. It's stability has been outstanding...thanks.