Date: Sun, 18 Mar 2007 20:55:45 +0000 From: jlc415@gmail.com To: "Garrett Cooper" <youshi10@u.washington.edu> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Can't see ATA drives with new install Message-ID: <1fe953880703181355r2e1a98b5wd6162c00660bfa0f@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <45FC8680.4060502@u.washington.edu> References: <1fe953880703170340l552b1fc1ge244469667a2bb3b@mail.gmail.com> <1fe953880703171553x68700a34gcb473e3d46d0c0fc@mail.gmail.com> <45FC7552.9040409@u.washington.edu> <1fe953880703171634l2ea482c3x9d26b807bcf83df6@mail.gmail.com> <45FC8680.4060502@u.washington.edu>
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My kernel config already includes all that. Just installed OpenBSD, and the other drives work just fine. I guess that's my OS. Quite disappointing that FreeBSD is actually behind in terms of hardware support, particularly for a relatively popular motherboard. On 3/18/07, Garrett Cooper <youshi10@u.washington.edu> wrote: > jlc415@gmail.com wrote: > > It's an Intel DG965WH; Core 2 Duo CPU. > > > > On 3/17/07, Garrett Cooper <youshi10@u.washington.edu> wrote: > >> jlc415@gmail.com wrote: > >> > I've just installed 6.2/amd64 on a system with standard IDE as well as > >> > SATA; I've got three drives: an old linux IDE hard drive (that I can't > >> > modify), a CD/DVD drive on the IDE bus, and a new SATA drive where > >> > I've just installed/am installing FreeBSD. > >> > > >> > I can boot from any of the drives: the linux install doesn't have the > >> > right drivers so it's not usable, but the MB definitely sees the > >> > drive. I can boot from the FreeBSD boot CD, as well, and that's what I > >> > used to install onto the SATA drive. > >> > > >> > The trouble is that when I boot from the SATA drive I can't see either > >> > of the other two drives. /dev contains the entries for the main SATA > >> > drive, but nothing for anything else: no /dev/acd or /dev/cd; no other > >> > hard drives; nothing. Looked through dmesg but didn't see anything > >> > related to the cd drive, although I really don't know what I'm looking > >> > for. > >> > > >> > I wondered whether the stock kernel maybe just didn't include the > >> > right drivers, so added > >> > > >> > device atapicam > >> > device scbus > >> > device cd > >> > device pass > >> > > >> > to GENERIC, but I still can't see the dvd drive. > >> > > >> > What should I be looking for? Is there more robust documentation on > >> > dealing with ATA devices somewhere? > >> > > >> > Any help much appreciated. > >> > > >> > -mike > >> > >> Mike, > >> What's your motherboard maker? > >> -Garrett > > Your motherboard (and most importantly the chipset it uses) are recent, > so 6.2 might not have hardware support quite yet.. 7-CURRENT might be > your next best bet if the following doesn't work. > > Here's what I have for my kernel config though for the device drivers > section, related to PATA/CD/DVD stuff: > > # ATA and ATAPI devices > device ata > device atadisk # ATA disk drives > device ataraid # ATA RAID drives > device atapicd # ATAPI CDROM drives > device atapifd # ATAPI floppy drives > device atapicam > options ATA_STATIC_ID # Static device numbering > > # SCSI peripherals > device scbus # SCSI bus (required for SCSI) > device ch # SCSI media changers > device da # Direct Access (disks) > device cd # CD > device pass # Passthrough device (direct SCSI access) > > Cheers, > -Garrett > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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