From owner-freebsd-hardware Thu Dec 30 12:40:49 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from smtp5.jps.net (smtp5.jps.net [209.63.224.55]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 38ED2151CD for ; Thu, 30 Dec 1999 12:40:46 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from janderso@jps.net) Received: from neptune (209-63-112-114.pdx.jps.net [209.63.112.114]) by smtp5.jps.net (8.9.3/8.9.0) with SMTP id MAA04294 for ; Thu, 30 Dec 1999 12:40:43 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <001401bf5306$22ff0230$0242a8c0@neptune> From: "John Anderson" To: Subject: HPT366 Controller Questions Date: Thu, 30 Dec 1999 12:40:39 -0800 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0011_01BF52C3.14160130" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2314.1300 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2314.1300 Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0011_01BF52C3.14160130 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hello All - I am very new to FreeBSD, however I have had about 3 years = of Linux experience so am not totally new to UNIX. I became somewhat = annoyed at Linux, and so I decided to look into FreeBSD. I have a CD of = 3.4-RELEASE. I am currently running dual Celerons on a BP6 (With a = HPT366 hard drive controller) and a Western Digital Expert 9gb hard = drive. The drive is a 7200RPM ATA/66 drive. My problem is that I = really have to have my hard drive on the HPT366 controller, and cannot = run it from the ATA/33 controller on the motherboard. Is there any way to make FreeBSD 3.4-RELEASE work with this = combination of hard drive and controller? I know that in Linux I can = feed the kernel (Which I did not patch for ATA/66 support) the string = `ide2=3D0xd000,0xd402,15 ide3=3D0xdc00,0xe002,15` and it will force the = HPT366 controller into working like an ATA/33 controller (I think Linux = just treats it like an ATA/33 controller at those addresses and it just = works because the HPT366 is completely backwards compatible, but I am = not sure). Is there any way to accomplish this in FreeBSD? My problem = is I have no clue as to how to do this. Do I need to mess with the I/O = addresses of wdc0 or wdc1? When I booted for the first time off the CD, = I went through the Visual (Non-CLI) configuration menu, and made sure = wdc0 and wdc1 were there, but then on boot the kernel only detected my = CD-ROM which is on wdc0 (Primary non-HPT366 controller), and found = nothing on the HPT366 controller. Is there a way for it to see wdc1 as = the primary channel on the HPT366 (Would that be wdc3?)? Can FreeBSD = see more than two channels/controllers at boot? Am I totally screwed? = Do I need to run with the CURRENT branch? Please help, thanks!' -John Anderson ------=_NextPart_000_0011_01BF52C3.14160130 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

Hello All - I am very new to FreeBSD, = however I=20 have had about 3 years of Linux experience so am not totally new to = UNIX. =20 I became somewhat annoyed at Linux, and so I decided to look into = FreeBSD. =20 I have a CD of 3.4-RELEASE. I am currently running dual Celerons = on a BP6=20 (With a HPT366 hard drive controller) and a Western Digital Expert 9gb = hard=20 drive. The drive is a 7200RPM ATA/66 drive. My problem is = that I=20 really have to have my hard drive on the HPT366 controller, and cannot = run it=20 from the ATA/33 controller on the motherboard.

Is there any way to = make FreeBSD=20 3.4-RELEASE work with this combination of hard drive and = controller? =20 I know that in Linux I can feed the kernel (Which I did not patch for = ATA/66=20 support) the string `ide2=3D0xd000,0xd402,15 ide3=3D0xdc00,0xe002,15` = and it will=20 force the HPT366 controller into working like an ATA/33 controller (I = think=20 Linux just treats it like an ATA/33 controller at those addresses and it = just=20 works because the HPT366 is completely backwards compatible, but I am = not=20 sure). Is there any way to accomplish this in FreeBSD? My = problem is=20 I have no clue as to how to do this. Do I need to mess with the = I/O=20 addresses of wdc0 or wdc1? When I booted for the first time off = the CD, I=20 went through the Visual (Non-CLI) configuration menu, and made sure wdc0 = and=20 wdc1 were there, but then on boot the kernel only detected my CD-ROM = which is on=20 wdc0 (Primary non-HPT366 controller), and found nothing on the = HPT366=20 controller. Is there a way for it to see wdc1 as the primary = channel on=20 the HPT366 (Would that be wdc3?)? Can FreeBSD see more than two=20 channels/controllers at boot? Am I totally screwed? Do I = need to run=20 with the CURRENT branch? Please help, thanks!'

-John = Anderson

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