Date: Fri, 2 Apr 1999 07:03:43 -0500 (EST) From: Steve Hovey <shovey@buffnet.net> To: "Victor M. Carranza G." <victor@ns.concyt.gob.gt> Cc: FreeBSD Questions mailing list <questions@freefall.freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Please, help... Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9904020702490.18585-100000@buffnet11.buffnet.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9904012022270.6307-100000@ns.concyt.gob.gt>
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Well this sounds to me like either you didnt enable the second ide controller in the computer bios, or its IRQ/PORT stuff doesnt match whats in the kernel config, or you have something in conflict with it. On Thu, 1 Apr 1999, Victor M. Carranza G. wrote: > Hi, Folks! > > Some times it is HARD to be a FreeBSD evangelist as I am. I try to > convince everybody I know (and am mostly successful about that) to switch > to FreeBSD from their M$, SCO, Novell, etc. current platforms. Heck, I > really believe in this wonderful OS! But the hardest part of all this is > when people ask me: "where do you get support from?", and I tell them > "from the mailing lists". I do not feel comfortable when I say that... > 'cause many times I have looked for help in here, and had smashed my face > against a wall made of "cybernetic silence". Come on folks. If the answer > to a question is really obvious for you, it may be NOT so obvious for the > person asking. Even a "RTFM" answer can shed light to a user who is in > desperation trying to fix a problem! he will probably RTFM then and find > the answer!! > > By the way, I could not find an answer to my question below yet. I have > tried many things. I'm not a newbie, but I'm not a guru either. So please > help me with this one. > > Thanks in advance. > > Regards, > > Victor > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > Date: Mon, 29 Mar 1999 17:45:48 -0600 > From: Victor Carranza <victorc@BitSmart.com> > To: questions@freebsd.org > Subject: "wdc1 not found at 0x170"... Does anybody have an answer?? > > Hi! > > I am getting mad with this problem. I have been searching the mailing > list archives, but found no answer...it started when I switched to 3.0 > (3.1 has the same problem). I was using 2.2.6 before. Until now, my > "solution" was to put the IDE CD-ROM drive along with the hard drive on > the primary controller, but this time I *really* need to put something > on the secondary! > > I have read a success story related to changing configuration for the > ed0 controller, but I do not even have this controller in my > custom-built kernel. > > Please, send replies to the mailing list, so other people can find an > answer, as I'm pretty sure this is a problem concerning a lot of FreeBSD > 3.x users, not just me :) > > Thanks in advance! > > Cheers, > > Victor Carranza > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > ------------------------------------------------------------------ Steve Hovey Chief Network Administrator BuffNET More Than Just a Connection! ------------------------------------------------------------------ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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