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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.

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