On Sun, 6 Jan 2008 22:36:03 -0600 Michael White <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Dhu, > > No entries in the syslog for CDROM drives, or any output from "dmesg|grep -i > cd". > > It now boots from the hard drive after the install was performed. Sorry if > my > email was confusing on that point. The only time I booted from floppy was > during the installation process. I pulled the floppy disks from one of the > download sites. I don't recall which one I booted from (floppy42/B42/C42), > but if it makes a difference, I'll run them through again to see which one it > was. > You may well need to build a specialized kernel if one of the distibuted geneneric kernels won't support your CD. There are differences in the kernels on the floppies that have different hardware sets. Dhu > Thanks. > -- > Michael White "To protect people from the effects of folly is to > fill the world with fools." -Herbert Spencer > > On Sunday 06 January 2008 22:17, Duncan Patton a Campbell wrote: > > 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 >
