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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!howland.erols.net!news.bbnplanet.com!cam-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.maxwell.syr.edu!insync!uunet!in1.uu.net!198.168.54.138!rcogate.rco.qc.ca!altitude!usenet From: nora ahmed-abdel-baki <nora@cam.org> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: atapi cdrom support Date: Thu, 06 Feb 1997 20:04:10 -0800 Organization: n a a b Lines: 28 Message-ID: <32FAA9BA.5CFD@cam.org> References: <32EFD61F.5925@hem.passagen.se> <32F0DFF7.167EB0E7@acm.org> <32F22BFD.41C67EA6@baynetworks.com> <5ctpu5$dm8@bofh.noc.best.net> <32F39E88.5B15@fox.cs.berkeley.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: dynamicppp-235.hip.cam.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.0 (Win95; I) Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:35067 Alon Kama wrote: > > > >tom@bu.edu says: > > >> Make sure it is configured as the MASTER drive. > > >> If it is the slave and no master on the 2nd controller you may have > > >> a problem. > > > I'd have to agree with Tom; i have my ATAPI CDROM set as the master on > > my secondary IDE controller, and most people who've had problems with > > ATAPI CDROMs have had them as slaves. > > > Ron Echeverri Best Internet Usenet Administration rone@best.net > > I concur. I just solved the same problem a few minutes ago under this > config. > > -Alon. alon@po.eecs.berkeley.edu > University of California, Berkeley > Electrical Engineering and Computer ScienceWHOA! Wait a minute! Are you guys telling me that I have to change my hardware configuration so that the OS works? Please tell me I'm wrong. There must be another way. I couldn't install from my CD (Creative 16-bit) and I cannot access it now either, after the install. GAG! Nora Any suggestions are welcome.