Date: Thu, 5 Nov 1998 20:55:53 -0500 (EST) From: Spike Gronim <spork@pigstuy.dyn.ml.org> To: Steve Friedrich <SteveFriedrich@Hot-Shot.com> Cc: fbsdqs <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>, "sporkl@ix.netcom.com" <sporkl@ix.netcom.com> Subject: Re: SparQ drive Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.981105205226.336A-100000@PigStuy.dyn.ml.org> In-Reply-To: <199811050452.XAA14969@laker.net>
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On Wed, 4 Nov 1998, Steve Friedrich wrote: > On Wed, 4 Nov 1998 21:23:32 -0500 (EST), Spike Gronim wrote: > > > I just got an internal IDE SparQ 1G drive. It is recognized as the > >secondary master by my BIOS. I have the following in my kernel: > > > >controller wdc1 at isa? port "IO_WD2" bio irq 15 vector wdintr > >disk wd2 at wdc1 drive 0 > >disk wd3 at wdc1 drive 1 > > > > But dmesg simply reports: > > > >wdc1 at 0x170-0x177 irq 15 on isa > > > > There is a cartridge in the drive. How can I get this thing > >detected by FreeBSD? > > If your BIOS reported it on the startup screen, like it does the rest > of the BIOS detected devices, I would have expected it to fly. The > trouble I ran into (when attempting to use one for DOS, Win3.1, Win95, > OS/2 testing) was finding a BIOS that would detect it so I could boot > off it. I had a clone moboard based on the AMD K5 and it wouldn't > detect it, but a clone (taiwan) moboard with the 200 MHz Pentium MMX > worked fine. Still, I had problems with OS/2 and WinNT because they > knew it was removable media and they didn't like that being a boot > device... > > BTW, I just read today that SyQuest filed chapter 11... Eek... stuck with Iomega.... <shudder> > > I hope they recover. I like their drives MUCH better than Iomega... > Unix systems measure "uptime" in years, Winblows measures it in minutes. > Ok, LINT says that FBSD 2.2.7 doesn't support EIDE. The SparQ drive's box says it is EIDE. The ordering webpage at J&R states "Internal IDE drive", so I was not aware of this. Can I use an EIDE device on my FreeBSD 2.2.7 system (any special patches/drivers out there?), can I use an EIDE device in 3.0, or should I go through the trouble of returnign the thing in exchange for an external SCSI version (I already have a SCSI adapter in the system)? Thanks. -Spike Gronim sporkl@ix.netcom.com The majority only rules those who let them. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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