On Sun, 6 Jan 2008 20:52:29 -0600 Michael White <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi all (there was no "maintainer" listed on my machine - sorry if I pulled in > too many folks), > > I'm having a problem with OpenBSD 4.2 & my HP Omnibook 800CT. Specifically, > the CDROM drive (SCSI ID 0) is not recognized. It is a SCSI CDROM drive, > since the notebook has built in SCSI. The SCSI chipset is recognized: > Mmm. 10+ years ago I got some of these for company I worked for. Huge brickish things that we ran BSDI on. Very idiosyncratic hardware&firmware. You don't mention whether the dmesg shows a cd entry or which floppy set you are using to boot. Dhu > ---------------------------- > Jan 6 00:07:54 omnibook /bsd: siop0 at pci0 dev 5 function 0 "Symbios Logic > 53c810" rev 0x12: irq 10 > Jan 6 00:07:54 omnibook /bsd: scsibus0 at siop0: 8 targets > ---------------------------- > > During the install, the CDROM drive was not presented as a possible source > (the 800CT cannot boot from CDROM). > > If I try to mount /dev/cd0a (or cd0c, or cd1a, or cd1c), I see the following: > > -------------------------- > # cat /etc/fstab > /dev/wd0a / ffs rw 1 1 > /dev/cd0a /mnt/cdrom cd9660 ro,noauto 0 0 > # mount /mnt/cdrom > mount_cd9660: /dev/cd0a on /mnt/cdrom: Device not configured > --------------------------- > > I have two CDROM drives (but only one connected at a time), and neither are > recognized. On boot, however, I hear noise from the CDROM drive as if it was > being accessed. These drives work when I boot from an install floppy from > RedHat 8.0 (just re-tested). I'd rather not go back to RedHat 8.0. > > System details: > > - As far as I know, I'm using the stable 4.2. I simply booted from floppy > then did a network install off of openbsd.org a couple of days ago. > > # sysctl -n kern.version > OpenBSD 4.2 (GENERIC) #375: Tue Aug 28 10:38:44 MDT 2007 > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/GENERIC > > Pentium MMX > 80 MB RAM > 4.3 GB IDE hard drive (boot) > No other SCSI devices attached > SCSI terminator dip switch is "ON" on the CDROM drive > > Any help would be appreciated. > > Thanks. > -- > Michael White "To protect people from the effects of folly is to > fill the world with fools." -Herbert Spencer > >
