From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG  Sat May 15 01:01:45 2004
Return-Path: <owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125])
	by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 38DAD16A4CE
	for <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>;
	Sat, 15 May 2004 01:01:45 -0700 (PDT)
Received: from mail003.syd.optusnet.com.au (mail003.syd.optusnet.com.au
	[211.29.132.144])
	by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DE4D643D2D
	for <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>;
	Sat, 15 May 2004 01:01:43 -0700 (PDT)
	(envelope-from anubis357@optusnet.com.au)
Received: from rdlax8-110.dialup.optusnet.com.au
	(rdlax8-110.dialup.optusnet.com.au [198.142.19.110])i4F81d401414;
	Sat, 15 May 2004 18:01:40 +1000
From: anubis <anubis357@optusnet.com.au>
To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Date: Sat, 15 May 2004 18:02:59 +1000
User-Agent: KMail/1.6.1
References: <200405142226.I4EMQ1YV011706@asarian-host.net>
In-Reply-To: <200405142226.I4EMQ1YV011706@asarian-host.net>
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Disposition: inline
Content-Type: text/plain;
  charset="windows-1252"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
Message-Id: <200405151802.59244.anubis357@optusnet.com.au>
Subject: Re: Third IDE hard disk
X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1
Precedence: list
List-Id: User questions <freebsd-questions.freebsd.org>
List-Unsubscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions>,
	<mailto:freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org?subject=unsubscribe>
List-Archive: <http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-questions>
List-Post: <mailto:freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
List-Help: <mailto:freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org?subject=help>
List-Subscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions>,
	<mailto:freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org?subject=subscribe>
X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 15 May 2004 08:01:45 -0000

On Sat, 15 May 2004 8:26 am, Mark wrote:
> I installed my new FreeBSD 4.9R on my new ASUS KV8 Deluxe board.
> Everything work fine... except, FreeBSD cannot find the third
> harddisk! (the third IDE, as master on the third IDE port).
>
> How do I enable it? Or make FreeBSD see it? (please, please, let me
> not have to recompile the kernel).
>
> Thank you,
>
> - Mark
>
> _______________________________________________
> freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list
> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions
> To unsubscribe, send any mail to
> "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"

I did some reading and found this.

The third ata channel has to be turned on in the bios and configured 
to be raid or ata.  Did you do this?

It has a Promise R20378 controller on it on raid mode and may not be 
bsd compatible.