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From: ksmm@cybercom.net (The Classiest Man Alive)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: 2.1.0 and 2.1.5 IDE CDROM Problems
Date: 8 Oct 1996 21:31:46 GMT
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Bradley W Mazurek (bwm260@skorpio3.usask.ca) wrote:
: 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?

I've heard of IDE CD-ROM problems that were solved by rearranging
the IDE chain so that the CD-ROM was the slave drive on the primary
controller.  Maybe that will work for you too.

: 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.

I agree with you wholeheatedly here.

K.S.