New Motherboard - can't see cdrom drive

[jlasman]

Recently, I upgraded the MB in my OS 5.0.6 system from a Intel 850 P4 board to a current 975LT with the Core 2 ... CPU.

Everything runs as before, EXCEPT, I cannot get the OS to recognize the DVD drive. Basically all the peripherals from the previous setup, including the scsi HD and the IDE DVD drive, have been attached to the new MB. If I try to mount the drive...

"CONFIG: No Srom SCSI devices configured (unit 0 missing)"

I have tried removing and reinstalling the DVD using "mkdev cdrom" to no avail. It seems to be a SCO problem as the BIOS reads the DVD drive OK. The mkdev seems to make the appropriate entries in mscsi etc., but after relinking and rebooting there is NO cdrom device listed. Different IDE cables and a different DVD drive changed nothing.

The new board has 4 sata ports along with the single IDE controller the DVD is attached to. I've tried everything I can think of without any luck.

Does anybody have a suggestion?

Help!



Jim Asman

http://www.spectracolorservices.com

 

[jlasman]

On closer examination, the IDE controller itself is not being detected.

Jim Asman

http://www.spectracolorservices.com

 

[PHV]

Check the output of the hw -v command to discover how the IDE port is configured.

Hope This Helps, PH.
FAQ219-2884
FAQ181-2886

 

[jlasman]

The IDE adapter doesn't seem to exist in hw -v output.

Jim Asman

http://www.spectracolorservices.com