From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Mar 13 19:32:54 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id TAA21873 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Fri, 13 Mar 1998 19:32:54 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (gdi.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.30]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id TAA21810 for ; Fri, 13 Mar 1998 19:32:36 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.7/8.8.8) with SMTP id TAA19531; Fri, 13 Mar 1998 19:32:29 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Date: Fri, 13 Mar 1998 19:32:29 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White Reply-To: Doug White To: Wayne Freeman cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: IDE Controller Card In-Reply-To: <000701bd4ea3$11b5ba00$597be380@ufl.edu> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Fri, 13 Mar 1998, Wayne Freeman wrote: > I am attempting to install FreeBSD on a 486 DX2/66 system with a 1.6 Gig > Western Digital Hard drive. my question is concerning the particular > brand of outboard Enhanced IDE controller I am using. It is the Promise > Technologies EIDE Max controller card. Is this card supported by the > operating system? We haven't started the install yet, and were waiting > to find information on this subject. Promise controllers don't follow standard very closely and thus have unpredictable support patterns. Trial and error is the best determinant. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message