From: Brian Street (brian.streetclearsightnet.com)
Date: Mon Jan 03 2005 - 14:28:20 CST

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Otto,

I don't think I can provide a dmesg since the system hasn't even been
installed yet, right? If there is a way to create a dmesg during an
installation I'm not aware of it.

Brian.

-----Original Message-----
From: Otto Moerbeek [mailto:ottodrijf.net]
Sent: Monday, January 03, 2005 12:22 PM
To: Brian Street
Cc: 'Otto Moerbeek'; miscopenbsd.org
Subject: RE: Philips PCA80SC scsi cdrom

On Mon, 3 Jan 2005, Brian Street wrote:

> Otto,
>
> The cdrom drive isn't being seen in the installation phase. I can see the
> drive during system boot, but not during the OBSD floppy boot; the only
> devices I see are fd0, hd0 and hd1.
>
> I initially presumed the drive would fall under the "most scsi cdrom..."
so
> I attempted the installation.

Which boot method are you trying. Is you scsi card detected? Again,
provide a dmesg.

        -Otto

>
> Thanks,
> Brian.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Otto Moerbeek [mailto:ottodrijf.net]
> Sent: Monday, January 03, 2005 12:07 PM
> To: Brian Street
> Cc: miscopenbsd.org
> Subject: Re: Philips PCA80SC scsi cdrom
>
>
>
> On Mon, 3 Jan 2005, Brian Street wrote:
>
> > Hello,
> >
> > I'm performing a new install on an old PC and having a problem with my
> > Philips cdrom drive. I didn't see the drive listed on the supported
> hardware
> > list so I presume it isn't supported?
>
> It would probably fall in the category "Most SCSI CD-ROM, CD-R, CD-RW, DVD

> and DVD-RW drives" and if so, it is supported.
>
> But without more details and a dmesg, we really cannot tell.
>
> -Otto

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