From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Sep 11 00:35:33 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id AAA26297 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Fri, 11 Sep 1998 00:35:33 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from alcatel.fr (ns.celwave.tm.fr [194.133.58.131]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id AAA26286 for ; Fri, 11 Sep 1998 00:35:30 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from Thierry.Herbelot@alcatel.fr) From: Thierry.Herbelot@alcatel.fr Received: from alcatel.fr (gatekeeper-ssn.alcatel.fr [155.132.180.244]) by mailgate.alcatel.fr (ALCANET/SMTP) with ESMTP id JAA32632; Fri, 11 Sep 1998 09:40:48 +0200 Received: from lune.telspace.alcatel.fr (lune.telspace.alcatel.fr [155.132.144.65]) by aifhs2.alcatel.fr (ALCANET/SMTP2) with ESMTP id JAA12313; Fri, 11 Sep 1998 09:34:29 +0200 (MET DST) Received: from telss1 (telss1.telspace.alcatel.fr [155.132.51.4]) by lune.telspace.alcatel.fr (8.9.1a/8.9.1) with SMTP id JAA24960; Fri, 11 Sep 1998 09:34:31 +0200 (MEST) Received: from eole.telspace.alcatel.fr by telss1 (4.1/SMI-4.1) id AA29406; Fri, 11 Sep 98 09:33:50 +0200 Received: from localhost by eole.telspace.alcatel.fr with SMTP (1.40.112.12/16.2) id AA288278883; Fri, 11 Sep 1998 09:28:03 +0200 X-Openmail-Hops: 1 Date: Fri, 11 Sep 98 09:27:49 +0200 Message-Id: In-Reply-To: <199809110550.WAA17468@mail1.halcyon.com> Subject: Question about IDE devices Mime-Version: 1.0 To: napalm@halcyon.com Cc: FreeBSD-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; name="Question" Content-Disposition: inline; filename="Question" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by hub.freebsd.org id AAA26293 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Hello > > Hi, i'm a PC user who has *just* made the transition > over from windoze to FreeBSD, and i'm having some > trouble upgrading my system. > > I've just installed a new motherboard for a Pentium > 266mhz chip, and I have 3 IDE devices: a Seagate 1.2G > hard drive, a Quantum 160mb (whoohoo) hard drive, and > an IDE CD-rom. The Seagate is acting as the primary > master, the Quantum is the primary slave and the CD-Rom > is a secondary slave. ^^^^^ There was a message recently stating that each IDE channel MUST have a master (IDE stands for Integrated Device Electronics : the intelligence resides on the drives themselves). So try and set your CD to Master. Further : 2.2.6-R does not work ok with all types of IDE drive combinations. Remember : you can also copy the installation files from the CD to a FAT partition using WinSh.. , then install from the FAT partition (while disabling the secondary IDE channel). TfH > > My problem is that the generic FreeBSD kernel can only > find the Seagate HD. Before (on my old 486) the CD > used to boot just fine as device wcd0, but now it > won't find it anymore. I can't even install the > operating system because FreeBSD refuses to find the > CD-Rom it just booted from. I'm really confused because > i have little experience with IDE hardware devices, and > i have no idea what port or IRQ addresses the BIOS is > using. > > If it makes any difference, the BIOS i'm using is "award" > bios that supports PnP devices and all the usual > Windows95 stuff (though i think i've turned PnP off). > Is there a MS-DOS program that can give me the information > I need? > > any help would be MUCH appreciated! > > -MC > ___ > <@,@> Mark A. Cockrum Have you crashed Windows95 today? > ì`-'U Inferno Prod., LTD. > -"-"- napalm@halcyon.com / n9842643@cc.wwu.edu > - --- ---- --------- --------------------------------------------- > Visit our 'zine: No Comment Needed - http://ncn.cjb.net > ------------------------------------------- --------- ---- --- -- > Secured Email Prefered. For PGP Key: > http://keyserv.integris-ds.com/cgi-bin/pgp-key-get.sh?AE4F18D5 > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message