Date: Tue, 16 Feb 1999 07:29:22 -0800 (PST) From: Darryl Mondrow <dmondrow@yahoo.com> To: FreeBSD-stable <freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Fwd: Help! my Promise Ultra 33 DMA IDE controller isn't recognized correctly. Message-ID: <19990216152922.26426.rocketmail@send204.yahoomail.com>
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> I'm trying to install v2.2.8. During the hardware probe, my Western > Digital Caviar 10.1GB EIDE drive using an Ultra 33 controller card > seems to be recognized as as sd1, but the geometry is wayincorrect. I > boot from a 1GB SCSI drive which is recognized as sd0 and that's > listed OK. Under Windows95, the Ultra 33 is listed as a SCSI device > (this is correct as confirmed by the Ultra 33 manufacturer), so I > suppose that's why the hardware probe sees the EIDE drive as being sd1. > Can someone confirm this? If so, can I just change the geometry of sd1 > to use a slice for the install? > > Note that I am using the kernel "out of the box" (off the CD) and > haven't gotten past the hardware probe yet. The IRQ for the Ultra 33 > card is 9 and cannot be changed - the manufacturer says it's supposed > to be listed as a SCSI device by Windows 95, which it is. It is > designed to be the accelerator for ultra DMA IDE drives. The card has > its own BIOS that replaces the main board BIOS and substitutes for the > main board IDE controller. The card supports drives over 8GB. > > Thanks for your help, > Darryl Mondrow > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________ > DO YOU YAHOO!? > Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com > > _________________________________________________________ DO YOU YAHOO!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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