[9fans] New User: Basic Questions (unclear in FAQ etc)

[Kevin McQuiggin mcquiggi@sfu.ca]

Hi Jim:

I made a group reply to the list, but argggh it got misdirected...

Thanks for your help:

> The ATAPI CD-ROM should appear on the '#H' device along with any ATA drives:
> 
> 	% ls '#H'
> 	#H/atapi2disk
> 	#H/atapi3disk
> 	#H/hd0disk
> 	#H/hd0dos
> 	#H/hd0nvram
> 	#H/hd0partition
> 	% 

Nope, I just see the hd0 entries. The CD rom drive works under DOS
(installed drivers etc to make sure it wasn't a cable/drive problem). The
controller is a bus-card type, multi-I/O, IDE, floppy card.

There's no cdrom= line in my plan9.ini, I thought this strange as I had
selected ATAPI (IDE) cdrom from the menu config earlier. I did find it
funny that this choice appeared under "soundblaster cd rom", though. I
don't have a sound card in the machine.

I'm confused!

Kevin

> 	Ata0		= 0x1F0,

My cd rom config utility finds it here: 1F0, IRQ 14, slave. HD is the
master device.

> so there's no need to add a 'port=' option. Ata0 is always probed and
> doesn't require a plan9.ini line. The 4-disc install should have detected
> the CD-ROM and added to plan9.ini if necessary.

As I said, there's nothing re cdrom indicated in the plan9.ini. 

Kevin


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Kevin McQuiggin VE7ZD
mcquiggi@sfu.ca