Date: Sat, 15 May 2004 20:26:53 +0200 From: des@des.no (=?iso-8859-1?q?Dag-Erling_Sm=F8rgrav?=) To: Ceri Davies <ceri@submonkey.net> Cc: Mark <admin@asarian-host.net> Subject: Re: Third IDE hard disk Message-ID: <xzp3c61czrm.fsf@dwp.des.no> In-Reply-To: <20040515084051.GC1518@submonkey.net> (Ceri Davies's message of "Sat, 15 May 2004 09:40:51 %2B0100") References: <200405142217.I4EMHKEA011561@asarian-host.net> <opr70iz9x8igeurg@mail.litice.cz> <200405142328.I4ENSNNO013233@asarian-host.net> <20040515084051.GC1518@submonkey.net>
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Ceri Davies <ceri@submonkey.net> writes: > 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. Rubbish. FreeBSD does not need a working ATA BIOS to detect and use an ATA controller. DES --=20 Dag-Erling Sm=F8rgrav - des@des.no
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