Date: Sat, 8 Mar 1997 21:00:59 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: Mark Dickey <mark@bestweb.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Questions Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.94.970308205921.5000G-100000@localhost> In-Reply-To: <199703080006.TAA02719@okeefe.bestweb.net>
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On Fri, 7 Mar 1997, Mark Dickey wrote: > I am looking into a EIDE Adapter from GSI called the 2C. It is labeled > 16-bit Dual-Channel EIDE Adapter. It is supposed to upgrade the BIOS so it > recongized hard drives over 2.1. Will this work with FreeBSD? Perhaps. We've had bad run-ins from "smart" IDE controllers thinking they can rule the world. (Promise controllers are notorius) At worst, you'll know right away there's a problem when you try to boot FreeBSD and it blows up or doesn't find wdc0. 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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