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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