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From: Jack <jack@diamond.xtalwind.net>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: ATAPI CDROM
Date: Thu, 17 Oct 1996 20:27:29 -0400
Organization: Crystal Wind Communications
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To: Marc Priebee <Marc.Priebee@nz.eds.com>

Marc Priebee wrote:
> 
> Philip Burden wrote:
> >
> > 2.1 certainly did, at least for me ;-)
> >
> > P.
> 
> Yes 2.1 supports ATAPI for me too. You cannot however install off a
> ATAPI CD which is on the seconary IDE port. It Must be on the primary
> port.

Shhhh.  Don't tell that to my machine.  I've installed 2.1.0, 2.1.5, and
2.2-SNAP080196 from a slave ATAPI on the secondary controller.


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