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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
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Dag-Erling Sm=F8rgrav - des@des.no



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