Date: Sat, 15 May 2004 19:55:42 +0100 From: Ceri Davies <ceri@submonkey.net> To: Dag-Erling Sm?rgrav <des@des.no> Cc: Mark <admin@asarian-host.net> Subject: Re: Third IDE hard disk Message-ID: <20040515185542.GF1518@submonkey.net> In-Reply-To: <xzp3c61czrm.fsf@dwp.des.no> References: <200405142217.I4EMHKEA011561@asarian-host.net> <opr70iz9x8igeurg@mail.litice.cz> <200405142328.I4ENSNNO013233@asarian-host.net> <20040515084051.GC1518@submonkey.net> <xzp3c61czrm.fsf@dwp.des.no>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Sat, May 15, 2004 at 08:26:53PM +0200, Dag-Erling Sm?rgrav wrote: > 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. atacontrol agrees. Guess I'm not used to having a machine boot this fast and missed the entry on boot. Ceri -- [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFApmeuocfcwTS3JF8RAlFQAJ4xFnCjhsRqyND4Pma9b3qF2kFAAQCgm2Yt zbzDlUsXrvvpj3XHDWf0Lfo= =OpA8 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----help
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