Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2002 15:20:57 -0600 From: Joe Halpin <joe.halpin@attbi.com> Cc: "freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG" <freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: FreeBSD install doesn't see the whole disk Message-ID: <3C546F38.AE459B3A@attbi.com> References: <Pine.WNT.4.43.0201280959570.260-100000@den2>
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Juha Saarinen wrote: > > On Sun, 27 Jan 2002, Nik Clayton wrote: > > > Can you be more specific about this? And maybe submit a PR with details > > so we can get it in to the FAQ? > > CSEL = Cable Select. On IDE drives, you have three positions for the > jumper: Master, Slave and Cable Select. Think it's part of the PC97/98 > spec, and the idea is that CSEL will automagically configure drives as > Master and Slave according to their position on the IDE cable. > > CSEL requires an IDE cable which has pin 28 connected to ground, and not > to one of the drive connectors; the drive becomes configured as a slave > otherwise. If you use a non-CSEL cable, and have both drives jumpered as > CSEL, they show up as Master. If pin 28 isn't connected to the ground on > the motherboard IDE connector, the drives show up as slaves. > > I've had lots of fun with this one, trying to add drives to Compaqs... ;-) Out of curiosity, what's different between FreeBSD and Linx/DOS/BIOS such that they get the right disk parameters but FreeBSD doesn't? Joe To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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