Date: Sat, 15 May 2004 09:40:51 +0100 From: Ceri Davies <ceri@submonkey.net> To: Mark <admin@asarian-host.net> Cc: Vladim?r Benc <v.benc@volny.cz> Subject: Re: Third IDE hard disk Message-ID: <20040515084051.GC1518@submonkey.net> In-Reply-To: <200405142328.I4ENSNNO013233@asarian-host.net> References: <200405142217.I4EMHKEA011561@asarian-host.net> <opr70iz9x8igeurg@mail.litice.cz> <200405142328.I4ENSNNO013233@asarian-host.net>
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--gr/z0/N6AeWAPJVB Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, May 14, 2004 at 11:28:24PM +0000, Mark wrote: > Vladim?r Benc wrote: >=20 > > If a BSD box doesn't "see" the third IDE, this seems to be in the > > BIOS is Enabled only Primary IDE Controller. You must enable both > > Channels on the controller. >=20 > All three IDE controllers are enabled in the BIOS, as far as I can tell. If the controller on these boards doesn't detect a drive attached, then the BIOS for the controller doesn't get installed, so make sure that it's probing the disks correctly when the machine boots, otherwise any OS will be unable to find it. > My greatest fear, however, is that FreeBSD cannot deal with a third IDE > controller. Can you at least alleviate that fear? Definitely not the case. Ceri --=20 --gr/z0/N6AeWAPJVB Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFApdeTocfcwTS3JF8RAs9+AJ9iYfZb2DvILPqwNM+ESV7PDOXHDgCeOGnu qI8vXZCVS8eUUnSmcYaPu2Q= =lOwN -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --gr/z0/N6AeWAPJVB--
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