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From: Randy <randyd@nconnect.net>
To: Jason Garman <garman@phs.k12.ar.us>
Subject: RE: Accessing primary&secondary ide interface freezes 2.1.5
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On 15-Sep-96 Jason Garman wrote:
>>I just received a new 2 gig ide hard drive and promptly installed it in my
>computer, attaching it to the secondary ide interface on my motherboard
>(which is a cmd640b controller).

<snip>

Jason,
   I don't know of a FBSD solution ( tho there may be one ) but I do know that I
ran into this very same problem with NT-Server.  Microsoft released a 
software fix for this controller.  (This obviously won't help for unix :)  ) I p
ersonally
avoid, and refuse to use mainboards with this controller, and opt for either
UMC, or SMC chips.  


Randy