Subject: Re: wdc1: reset failed
To: Jukka Marin <jmarin@pyy.jmp.fi>
From: Joel Reicher <void@yoyo.cc.monash.edu.au>
List: port-i386
Date: 06/13/1997 09:15:58
On Thu, 12 Jun 1997, Jukka Marin wrote:

> Dear All,
> 
> I installed a new motherboard (Asustek TX97-E) and a new CD-ROM drive in my
> NetBSD 1.2 machine.  Everything else seems to work ok, but the new CD-ROM
> isn't recognized by NetBSD.  All I get is "wdc1: reset failed" in the boot
> messages.

A (potentially stupid) question first: Are you aware that the 1.2 kernel 
doesn't have support for ATAPI devices, and that you have to apply a 
patch to give it that support?

	- Joel Reicher

> 
> The PC BIOS sees the ATAPI drive without problems and lists the drive type
> and manufacturer every time I reboot.  The CD-ROM drive is a 4x changer
> (ALPS something) and I have tried making it a secondary master and a secondary
> slave - no help.
> 
> Any ideas?  I would like to put my gateway machine back together.. :-I
> 
> (BTW, is it possible to read the CPU temperature and other hardware monitor
> information from the chipset the way BIOS does?)
> 
> Thanks,
> 
>   -jm
> 
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