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Date:      Sun, 13 Oct 1996 23:06:55 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
To:        Peder <lk3709@krull.dk>
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Does FreeBSD support EIDE harddrives?
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSI.3.94.961013230557.261J-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <32613928.503D@krull.dk>

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On Sun, 13 Oct 1996, Peder wrote:

> Does FreeBSD support Enhanced IDE harddrives? The documentation only
> says IDE and hopefully you have just forgotten to update it.

What's the difference between an EIDE and IDE drive?

Of course they work, and you get the whole capacity too.  Only thing is,
does your BIOS support booting over 1024 cylinders?  (probably not)

> Can Linux source be compiled into FreeBSD binaries without changes?

Depends on the source and how much system interaction it does.

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major




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