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To: Nate Williams <nate@sri.MT.net>
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From: Gary Palmer <gpalmer@cdrom.com>
Subject: Re: EIDE controllers 
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Date: Wed, 31 Jan 1996 17:00:54 -0800
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Nate Williams wrote in message ID
<199601312229.PAA17481@rocky.sri.MT.net>:
> > I'm looking for an EIDE controller which will work with FreeBSD and
> > allow >>500MB drives to be used in a multi-OS boot situation. A
> > Promise 2300+ card doesn't work :-(

> Any IDE/EIDE controller will work, as *long* as you make sure FreeBSD's
> root partition starts/end below the 512MB mark.


BZZT

The Promise 2300+ won't even allow the kernel to be loaded, no matter
what options you enable/disable :-( It fails during the LOADING of the
kernel, and FreeBSD doesn't get a look in :-(

Gary