From bill@duchess.wagill.com Thu Aug 22 13:35:21 1996 Received: from duchess.wagill.com (duchess.wagill.com [198.182.208.147]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id NAA15427 for ; Thu, 22 Aug 1996 13:35:17 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from bill@localhost) by duchess.wagill.com (8.7.5/8.7.3) id NAA06854; Thu, 22 Aug 1996 13:35:11 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199608222035.NAA06854@duchess.wagill.com> Date: Thu, 22 Aug 1996 13:35:11 -0700 (PDT) From: William A Gill Reply-To: bill@duchess.wagill.com To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Subject: Installing from Mitsumi FX001D CD-ROM drive X-Send-Pr-Version: 3.2 >Number: 1534 >Category: i386 >Synopsis: Installing from Mitsumi FX001D CD-ROM drive >Confidential: no >Severity: serious >Priority: medium >Responsible: jkh >State: closed >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Thu Aug 22 13:40:07 PDT 1996 >Closed-Date: Sun Dec 22 09:09:17 PST 1996 >Last-Modified: Sun Dec 22 09:10:21 PST 1996 >Originator: William A Gill >Release: FreeBSD 2.1-STABLE i386 >Organization: >Environment: 2.1.5-RELEASE FreeBSD 2.1.5-RELEASE #0: Wed Jul 17 03:09:31 1996 jkh@whisker.cdrom.com:/usr/src/sys/compile/GENERIC i386 >Description: When installing FreeBSD 2.1.5 from a Mitsumi FX001D CD-ROM drive, the installation script will NOT detect that there is a disc in the CD-ROM drive, and will NOT allow you to install from CD-ROM. >How-To-Repeat: >Fix: One must follow the following procedure, *contrary* to the installation instructions; otherwise, the installation script will NOT detect that there is a disc in the CD-ROM drive: 1) Open the CD-ROM tray. 2) Place the FreeBSD 2.1.5 disc 1 on the tray. 3) LEAVE THE CD-ROM TRAY OPEN! 4) Insert the FreeBSD 2.1.5 boot floppy. 5) Re-boot the computer. 6) Allow the hardware probe to take place. 7) As soon as the hardware probe finds the mdc0 device, the CD-ROM drive tray will close. 8) The CD-ROM disc will be detected by the installation procedure, allowing the installation to come from CD-ROM. >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: State-Changed-From-To: open->feedback State-Changed-By: scrappy State-Changed-When: Tue Oct 22 22:18:38 PDT 1996 State-Changed-Why: Confirm Status: Responsible-Changed-From-To: freebsd-bugs->jkh Responsible-Changed-By: scrappy Responsible-Changed-When: Tue Oct 22 22:46:01 PDT 1996 Responsible-Changed-Why: From Originator: Jordan sent me a message on 14 Oct 96 closing a related problem report (1515) and stating that the Mitsumi driver bug had been fixed; however, I have not tested the new driver myself. So, my own answer would be "No, keep it open", but based on Jordan's message the actual answer by now may be "Yes, close it". You need to decide. Jordan? State-Changed-From-To: feedback->closed State-Changed-By: jkh State-Changed-When: Sun Dec 22 09:09:17 PST 1996 State-Changed-Why: I've verified that newer releases (2.1.6 and 2.2) work just fine with the FX-001D drive. >Unformatted: