Subject: Re: IDE CDROM problem
To: Tim Janes <janes@signal.dra.hmg.gb>
From: Manuel BOUYER <bouyer@antioche.ibp.fr>
List: port-i386
Date: 05/20/1997 19:21:35
On May 20, Tim Janes wrote
> 
> For 6 months or so I have been using Manuel Bouyer's ATAPI CD support
> on NetBSD1.2Beta without any problems. 
> 
> I have just reinstalled 1.2.1 and can't get it working again.
> 
> I downloaded Manuel's files on May12th and followed the README without
> any problems.
> 
> The CDROM is seen at bootup but any attempt to access it just gets the
> response "device not configured".
> 
> 
> 
> titan0:##ls -l /dev/*acd*
> brw-r--r--  1 root  wheel   17,   0 May 15 14:20 /dev/acd0a
> brw-r--r--  1 root  wheel   17,   3 May 15 14:20 /dev/acd0d
> crw-r--r--  1 root  wheel   21,   0 May 15 14:20 /dev/racd0a
> crw-r--r--  1 root  wheel   21,   3 May 15 14:20 /dev/racd0d
>

The major device number in my patchs are 18 and 21, not 17 and 21.
Re-making acd0{a,d} with major number 18 should solve the problem.

Sounds like my README file is wrong ... :(

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Manuel Bouyer, LIP6, Universite Paris VI.                 bouyer@masi.ibp.fr
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